Scott Horton

Roger Ailes of Fox News Thinks Sarah Palin Is a 'Stupid...Idiot...Loose Cannon,' ...or 'Smart'

​The cover of New York magazine this week features another Fox News/Republican party exposé from reporter Gabriel Sherman (see also: "Chasing Fox," Sarah Palin), this time focusing on the network's boss Roger Ailes, who never fails to make an interesting (and infuriating) subject with his pro ... More >>

What Does Letting Our Own War Criminals Go Free Tell Us About Ourselves?

Obama's First 100 Days

After ending American torture, will we prosecute those who ordered other war crimes?

DARK SECRETS

Writers and lawyers discuss human rights in a post-9/11 world

Daily Flog: Panic spreads to McCain; White House meeting will solve everything; the world sneers

The Gestapo Inheritance

'We do not torture': Groans from the CIA's black sites beg to differ

Supreme Court Strikes Fear

Reprimanded by the Supreme Court, the Bush administration rushes to evade punishment

Cheney's 'Dark Arts'

Vice president exposed as being above the law, just like the commander in chief

On Rumsfeld's Watch

A PBS documentary names U.S. torture commanders

What Did Bush Know?

The inside story of the official manual on how to torture without being prosecuted