9/11 Commission

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Trump's Agenda Driven by 'Ethnicity and Racism'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds an immigration Town Hall In Queens on July 20, 2019 in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the three other progressive freshmen in the House have become the focus of attacks from Donald Trump in recent days. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump Picks 'Actual Torturer' Gina Haspel as Next CIA Director

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"If Obama had allowed prosecutions over CIA torture, 'people like Haspel, quite plausibly, could have gone to prison.' Instead, she's going to run the CIA."

Hold Your Applause, Warnings Over the Pitfalls of Special Counsel Investigation

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Progressive groups and Democratic lawmakers say that the appointment must be coupled with an independent commission, similar to the 9/11 commission, "to augment the efforts of the special prosecutor and follow the evidence wherever it leads," as Common Cause president Karen Hobart put it. (Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

An independent commission must also be formed to 'follow the evidence wherever...

NYT: AG Sessions Must Appoint Special Prosecutor for Trump-Russia Ties

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

'The need for an independent actor who can both investigate and prosecute...

28 Pages Raise 'Scores of Troubling Questions' on US-Saudi Ties

US Congress Finally Releases '28 Pages' of 9/11 Report

Undeterred by Obama's Veto Threat, Senate Passes 9/11-Saudi Bill

Former 9/11 Commissioner: '28 Pages' Clearly Expose Saudi Support

Pages Said to Detail Saudi Arabia's Involvement in 9/11 to be Made Public

Clinton and Sanders Back Saudi-9/11 Bill, But Who Has Read 'Missing 28 Pages'?

Amid New Claims, Calls Intensify to Declassify Saudi Chapter of 9/11 Report

NSA: Judge Cites 9/11 Report; It Doesn’t Support His Ruling

Confidentiality Breach: Gitmo Defense Emails Hacked

'Illegitimate' Gitmo Trials Plunged into Deeper Discord as Confidence in Court Wanes

'Shocking': 9/11 Warnings More <br>Numerous Than Reported

Group Challenges CIA's Worldwide 'Targeted Ki

Further

Evil Idiocy Revisited

Last night George Bush defended waterboarding as legal "because the lawyer said it was." The lawyer was John Yoo. Enough said. The stomach-churning sight and sound of Bush makes us think of the old Jewish folk-tale about a poor farmer who thinks he has it bad but learns otherwise; it's called, "It Could Always Be Worse." Lauer: "Tom Kean, former Republican co-chair of the 9/11 commission, said they got legal opinions they wanted from their own people." Bush: "He obviously doesn't know. I hope...