Karen Greenberg

Karen Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law and is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days.

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The Fastest Terror Trial in the West
Fri Nov. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Terror Trial Update: Police Minders and Pocket Change
Thu Oct. 28, 2010 1:33 PM PDT

Terror Trial Update: Looking for the Bombers
Wed Oct. 27, 2010 8:49 AM PDT

Terror Trial Update: The Sparring Match Begins
Fri Oct. 22, 2010 1:14 PM PDT

Terror Trial Update: Bin Laden's Pilot Testifies
Fri Oct. 22, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Terror Trial Update: The Fear Factor
Wed Oct. 20, 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Terror Trial Update: Baby Lulu and the Two Ahmeds
Fri Oct. 15, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Terror Trial Update: No Water Bottles Please
Thu Oct. 14, 2010 4:45 PM PDT

Terror Trial Update: Bombing Survivor Testifies
Wed Oct. 13, 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Seven Steps to Loving Torture, Zero Dark Thirty-Style

Kathryn Bigelow's film swallows Bush-era torture policies hook, like, and sinker.

Thu Jan. 10, 2013 12:31 PM PST

How Fear of Cyber Attack Could Take Down Your Liberties and the Constitution

Obama officials are sounding the alarm on cyber warfare—what does this mean for your civil liberties?

Mon Oct. 22, 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Five Ways US National Security Policies Will Erode Civil Liberties in 2012

Brace yourself: Drone killings of US citizens will continue, more government whistleblowers will be brought to trial, and Washington will become even more secretive.

Mon Mar. 19, 2012 2:18 PM PDT

Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System

Fair trials for terrorism suspects have become a thing of the past.

Mon Aug. 22, 2011 10:52 AM PDT

How Not to End the War on Terror: the Bin Laden Effect

And 5 symbolic steps Obama can take to show that he's serious about ending the war on terror.

Tue Jun. 21, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

America’s Growing Intolerance

How “enemy creep” Is Gitmo-izing America.

Wed Mar. 30, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Tortured Gitmo Detainee Sentenced

The first enemy combatant trial in civil court is over—but the jury is out on whether we're ready for more.

Wed Jan. 26, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Guilty Until Proven Guilty

The presumption of innocence and the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani.

Fri Nov. 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Ghailani Verdict A Win for America

A jury considers a terror case on the merits—and finds it lacking.

Thu Nov. 18, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Terror Trial Update: The Wait That Heals

With each hour the jury deliberates over a Gitmo detainee, America regains a little sanity.

Tue Nov. 16, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Terrorism with a Human Face?

As the Ghailani case goes to the jury, a sudden turn toward courtroom drama.

Thu Nov. 11, 2010 12:39 PM PST

The Good News: Ghailani Trial is On. The Bad News...

Even if he's acquitted, says judge, we might keep him locked up for life.

Wed Oct. 13, 2010 7:24 AM PDT

Judge to US: Yes, Really, Torture is Illegal.

A major terrorism prosecution is derailed because "enhanced interrogation" taints evidence.

Thu Oct. 7, 2010 8:10 AM PDT

Can We Try a Man We Tortured?

Will accused major terrorists like KSM ever end up in court? Yes—starting now.

Wed Oct. 6, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Obama’s “Remainees”

Will not one but two Guantanamos define the American future?

Mon Apr. 19, 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Human Rights in the Dust

The policies of the Bush administration were not just horrific in themselves or to others— they may also have brought to an end the human rights movement as we know it.

Thu Apr. 30, 2009 9:51 AM PDT

The Missing Prison

President Obama has the right team in place to address Bush's nightmarish legacy of torture.

Thu Mar. 5, 2009 12:01 PM PST

The People vs. Dick Cheney

Will Obama bring the Bushies to account? Will Congress? Some local DA? A judge in Europe? Anyone...?

January/February 2009 Issue

The Color of "Transparency" Is Black

Shrouded in secrecy, the Bush administration is still putting out an endless stream of redacted government reports.

Thu Jul. 20, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

The Achilles Heel of Torture: What the JAG memos tell us

What the JAG Memos Tell us

Fri Aug. 26, 2005 12:00 AM PDT