Tar Heels have been doing a great job of getting the issue of U.S. torture into the media! Here are news articles, op-eds, letters-to- the-editor, and editorials just since November 2014.
- “CIA torture, NSA spying will return,” Charlotte Observer op-ed by William Jackson, November 30, 2015
- “Burr’s locked torture report,” News & Observer editorial by the Editorial Board, November 12, 2015
- “A real American hero, charged with espionage,” Indy Week column by Bob Geary, November 4, 2015
- “Blowing the whistle on fear,” News & Observer column by Ned Barnett, October 31, 2015
- “During NC visit, CIA whistleblower laments loss of civil liberties,” News & Observer article by Anne Blythe, October 30, 2015
- “Whistleblower on CIA torture to speak at NCSU,” Technician article by Alix Vo, October 28, 2015
- “Group urging action on torture report,” News & Observer article by Taylor Knopf, June 26, 2015
- “Cost of freedom entails moral accountability,” Asheville Citizen-Times op-ed by Rev. Ken Sehested, March 6, 2015
- “Group wants Burr to release torture report,” Winston-Salem Journal article by Wesley Young, February 26, 2015
- “Sen. Richard Burr, stop burying the CIA detention and torture report,” Washington Post commentary by Douglas S. Long and Sandy Irving, Feb. 6, 2015
- “Burr should end efforts to bury torture report,” Winston-Salem Journal op-ed by Gary Gloster and Christina Cowger, Feb. 5, 2015
- “Who oversees intelligence?” Charlotte Observer commentary by William E. Jackson, Jr., Feb. 1, 2015
- “US Rep Jones agrees ‘crimes worth of prosecution’ detailed in Senate report,” News & Observer article by Renee Schoof, Jan. 26, 2015
- “Mr. Burr’s Guantanamo games,” Washington Post letter by Christina Cowger, Jan. 23, 2015
- “Following Senate report, Johnston leaders tout reported CIA contractor as ‘good corporate citizen’,” News & Observer article by Nash Dunn, Dec. 27, 2014
- “NC Stop Torture Now asks McCrory to investigate state’s role in CIA ‘torture report’,” News & Observer article by Colin Campbell, Dec. 19, 2014
- “N.C. activists call for full accountability at CIA, Aero Contractors, Johnston County Airport,” Indy Week article by Bob Geary, Dec. 17, 2014
- “Torture and NC culpability: the state owes apologies, restitution,” News & Observer op-ed by Allyson Caison and Josh McIntyre, Dec. 15, 2014
- “Burr needs to help country, NC face up to torture,” News & Observer op-ed by George Reed and Christina Cowger, Nov. 17, 2014