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The logo of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is seen at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, April 13, 2016. AFP

Qaeda Detainees Describe CIA Torture

by Charlie Savage | Jun 17, 2016 | World

The New York Times By Charlie Savage Washington-After the Central Intelligence Agency transferred Abu Zubaydah to the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and he was brought before a panel of officers for a hearing in March 2007, he described in broken...

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Facebook, Twitter, Google Sued for Allegedly Facilitating ISIS Propaganda

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2016 | World

London-Facebook, Google and Twitter are responsible for providing “material support” to extremists such as ISIS. This is what the father of a young woman killed in the Paris terrorist attacks last November claimed in a lawsuit filed in the United States....

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Pentagon … a new Challenge to Government Secrecy

by Sanford J Ungar | Jun 17, 2016 | Opinion

The Washington Post By Sanford J. Ungar Nothing is more important to the health and sustainability of a modern democracy than its citizens’ awareness of, and confidence in, what their government is doing. Excessive government secrecy — inherent, instinctive, utterly...

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British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at a European Union leaders summit addressing the talks about the Brexit and the migrants crisis in Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2016. Reuters/Yves Herman.

EU Referendum Exposes Britain’s Political Decay

by Sebastian Mallaby | Jun 16, 2016 | Opinion

The Washington Post By Sebastian Mallaby The scariest thing about Britain’s referendum on European Union membership — and the thing that ought to resonate acutely with Americans — is what it exposes about the political culture: the refusal to take responsibility, the...

Air Strikes Target Syrian Opposition-Held Parts of Aleppo Hours into Truce

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

Air strikes pounded through Syrian Opposition-held parts of Aleppo just hours into an announced 48-hour ceasefire and fighting carried on in and around the northern Syrian city, monitors and witnesses said. Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the civil war with...