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  • Guantánamo Diary: How GITMO Institutionalized State Secrecy

    Guantánamo Diary: How GITMO Institutionalized State Secrecy

    Telling stories is rarely an easy task, but telling a story from inside a covert military detention facility is another matter—one that Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a 45-year-old Guantánamo Bay detainee, has managed to tell evocatively in Guantánamo Diary. After a lengthy legal battle to declassify Slahi’s memoir and approximately 2,000 black bar…

  • State of the Union, Part 1:  Obama’s Push to Break Internet Monopolies

    State of the Union, Part 1: Obama’s Push to Break Internet Monopolies

    Obama’s State of the Union proposal to promote internet service competition may delight consumers, but will face vigorous opposition from current providers and state governments.