There's still time for the Obama administration to prosecute US human rights abusers.

Based on developments in our post-9/11 world, we could be watching the birth of a new American political system and way of governing for which, as yet, we have no name.

Historian Andrew Bacevich writes that academics "presuming to instruct the mere mortals who actually run for office are a blight on the republic."

Our cultural narrative defends those who plan and execute torture, claiming anyone else would have acted the same. These six heroes prove that wrong.

They would think Washington has invented a system so dumb, so extreme and so fundamentalist that changing it will surely prove a stunningly difficult task.

In light of the CIA torture report, it's the perfect time to reflect on Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English Language."

Torture was not the work of a few “bad apples” – in the CIA or the military – but the result of official policy set at the government’s highest levels.

The reaction to the Senate torture report is as significant as what the study uncovered about the psychology and methods of those who run the Deep State.

Here's a look at how overseas media have reacted to the Senate Intelligence Committee's revelations.

Highlights and recommended reading about the Senate's report on the CIA's detention and interrogation programs.