Jan 8th, 2009 · The CIA under the Bush administration has been plagued by allegations of secret prisons, rendition and intelligence failures. Obama has selected someone without intelligence experience — Leon Panetta — as the agency's new head. Will an outsider be able change the CIA?
Dec 9th, 2008 · A federal appeals court in New York hears arguments Tuesday over a lawsuit filed by Maher Arar, a Canadian detained at JFK airport in 2002 and deported to Syria, where he was tortured. Arar says his goal is to hold U.S. officials responsible for violating his human rights.
Dec 9th, 2008 · An appeals court has agreed to hear the case of Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was arrested in New York and sent to Syria to be tortured. Arar is pursuing a federal lawsuit charging the U.S. government violated his right to due process.
Nov 19th, 2008 · In their fourth appearance on Mountain Stage, the modern-day Irish traditionalists in Solas perform songs from their latest release, Love and Laughter. The set opens with a series of jigs and a traditional Irish love song, and later ends with a rendition of Bob Dylan's "Seven Curses."
Nov 14th, 2008 · Iraq-war movies always seem to flop: Stop Loss, Redacted, Rendition, In the Valley of Elah — all were box-office disappointments. But several plays about Iraq have been hits. Why does Iraq work on stage but not on screen?
Oct 9th, 2008 · The singer's 1973 hit "Jolene" has been covered more than any of her other songs. Parton says that "Jolene" remains popular in part because of how universal it is: Everyone relates to the singer's sense of inadequacy, and that comes through in each musician's rendition.
Oct 7th, 2008 · Miguel Zenón says he's obsessed with over-the-bar bass lines, and that's the first line he wrote in his arrangement of Wayne Shorter's "Armageddon." In an exclusive preview from JazzSet, he leads the SFJAZZ Collective in a spirited rendition.
Sep 18th, 2008 · The War on Terror was meant to prevent another terrorist attack on the United States, but author Jane Mayer says that policies like extraordinary rendition have compromised American values.