WASHINGTON; August 3, 2010 — Twenty religious organizations, led by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), are calling on Congress and President Obama to ensure a thorough investigation into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) engaged in illegal and unethical human subject research and experimentation on detainees after 9/11 and to make the findings public. The allegations were contained in a report released last month by the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR).

BY GEORGE PAWLACZYK - July 21, 2010

EAST ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge has ruled that even inmates termed the "worst of the worst" by state prison system officials have a constitutional right to a hearing before they can be held at what many consider the harshest prison in Illinois -- the solitary-only Tamms Correctional Center.

By DAVID CARR

New York Times

Readers who came across a public radion blog documenting the five-week trial of a former Chicago police commander on charges of perjury and obstruction about cases involving torture under his command had to wonder where in the world WBEZ Chicago found so much expertise. 

June 18, 2010

The testimony of a former detective

In this week’s Burge trial proceedings Michael McDermott, former detective who worked under Burge in the 1980’s, was expected to testify that he witnessed Burge coerce a robbery confession by abusing the suspect. However, McDermott’s testimony on Monday took an unexpected turn, contrasting his 2008 testimony in which he said that he witnessed Burge repeatedly suffocate the suspect with a plastic bag and put a gun to his head.