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US Judges: Guantanamo detainees are not human beings

By Archie Techne — January 12th, 2008
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not apply to detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, “effectively ruling that the detainees are not persons at all for purposes of …



Peak oil?: Oil supply and accumulation

By D. T. Cochrane — January 4th, 2008
Although a peak and decline in oil production is a geological certainty, we should question whether it is actually occurring right now. The supply of oil within the global market depends on much more than the geological realities of production.



What is waterboarding?

By Lamont — December 13th, 2007
The Current has an excellent mini-documentary on waterboarding, where Kaj Larsen voluntarily subjects himself to this form of “interrogation”. The Huffington Post also has Larsen’s commentary on the video. Is waterboarding torture? I would say Yes.