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Torture

An Important Test for the "Keep Walking" Theory

Gina Haspel's nomination for CIA Director belies the idea that the country has "moved past" the torture era.

By Nathan Pippenger

March 29, 2018, 2:06 pm – 5 MIN READ

Beyond Guantánamo

Obama has to reclaim America's human rights mantle and not some day, but this year, when the world is watching.

By Sarah E. Mendelson

Summer 2009, No. 13 – 15 MIN READ

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