New York Times editorial: "Seven Paragraphs"

February 14, 2010:

There are times when governments fight to keep documents secret to protect sensitive intelligence or other vital national security interests. And there are times when they are just trying to cover up incompetence, misbehavior or lawbreaking.

Last week, when a British court released secret intelligence material relating to the torture allegations of a former Guantánamo prisoner, Binyam Mohamed, it was clear that the second motive had been in play when both the Bush and the Obama administrations and some high-ranking British officials tried to prevent the disclosure. . . . (continued)

"Yes, it was torture, and illegal"

New York Times editorial, January 3, 2010.

"Photos and freedom"

New York Times editorial, December 4, 2009: "In a sad but unsurprising denouement this week, the Supreme Court tossed out a federal appellate court ruling that would have required the government to release photographs of soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush administration. . . ."

NYT Editorial: "The Cover-Up Continues"

Editorial, NYTimes.com, October 25, 2009: "The Obama administration has clung for so long to the Bush administration’s expansive claims of national security and executive power that it is in danger of turning President George W. Bush’s cover-up of abuses committed in the name of fighting terrorism into President Barack Obama’s cover-up. . . ."

NY Times: "Dick Cheney’s Version"

Editorial - "Dick Cheney’s Version" - NYTimes.com, September 2, 2009: ". . . The government owes Americans a full investigation into the orders to approve torture, abuse and illegal, secret detention, as well as the twisted legal briefs that justified those policies. Congress and the White House also need to look into illegal wiretapping and the practice of sending prisoners to other countries to be tortured. . . ."

NY Times editorial, "The Torture Papers"

Editorial - "The Torture Papers" - NYTimes.com, August 25, 2009.