Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Stunning CSM Padilla Series
Warren Richey's three-part Christian Science Monitor series are Pulitzer worthy work. Like the recent New Yorker black site story-- these articles are a must read. Be prepared for an infuriating forty-minutes as you make your way through the series, editorial, plus always potent insights by the crew at Balkinization.
Part 1: US terror interrogation went too far, experts say
Part 2: US Gov't broke Padilla through intense isolation, say experts
Part 3: Beyond Padilla terror case, huge legal issues
Editorial: A verdict on Padilla – and the US
Balkin: There's a Reason Why We Call it the Bill of Rights-- Government Isn't Supposed to Violate Them
Lederman: The Rosetta Stone of the Detention/Interrogation Scandal

Michael Otterman is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, as well as an award-winning journalist and filmmaker.