Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian is reporting that, in the period following the September 11, 2001 attacks, agents for the Central Intelligence Agency systemically photographed suspects of terrorism after they had been stripped naked before rendering them to other countries to be tortured:
How many Americans do you think were killed by police in, let’s say, 2012? You don’t know? Neither do I, and neither does anyone else—including the FBI.
When you go to save the refugees in a war zone, you take only the essentials: First aid, meal kits, knife, poncho liner, and rubberized anal/vaginal orifice for self-pleasuring.
Now we know why tweeting cancer chronicler Lisa Bonchek Adams was so blindsided by the critical columns ex-New York Times editor Bill Keller and his wife, Emma, wrote about her last week: The duo approached Adams as a friend and offered her lodgings during her treatment in New York.
The plot behind KellerCancerGate thickens: The note on Emma Keller's since-deleted hit piece on a cancer-fighting tweeter now states, "This post has been removed pending investigation." A spokesman for the Guardian tells Gawker that "aspects of the investigation are on-going."
Emma Keller's controversial column on the tweets of cancer survivor Lisa Adams "has been deleted with the agreement of the subject because it is inconsistent with the Guardian editorial code," the Guardian reports. Apparently they frown upon publishing DMs without permission.
Last week, Guardian writer Emma Keller took on a cancer sufferer tweeting about her illness. Not content to give her the last word, her husband, former New York Times editor-in-chief Bill Keller is ready to examine the patient. Nurse, pass the twittiest scalpel you've got.
The Guardian has voted Edward Snowden its person of the year, beating out Pope Francis. Meanwhile, Snowden's ex-colleagues have the sads a lot more these days. But one look at your email will probably cheer them up.
Barely competent pop star and less competent human being Chris Brown is the subject of a doozy of a Guardian profile (it's the one in which he brags about having lost his virginity at age 8). God, this guy is such a fucking asshole.
Irony, thy name is the First Amendment.
The Guardian, lately under heavy pressure from the British government, will be teaming up with the New York Times to produce more stories based on Edward Snowden's leaked information about the NSA. Good.
Writing in response to yesterday's detainment of David Miranda, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, revealed that UK security officials had destroyed hard drives at The Guardian's office at some point in the past month.
Matthew Fort, The Guardian's longtime Food and Drink editor, is very excited about the launch of his paper's new food section.
The Guardian reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the 2012 London Olympics because he would rather eat a bag of dicks than attend your stupid Olympics, London, MOSCOW 4 LYFE.
In your gloomy Thursday media column: Eritrea is the pits (of journalism), Erin Burnett is unpopular, the WSJ Europe circulation scandal continues, The Guardian U.S. is optimistic, and Michael Miner is an OG (of journalism).
In your workmanlike Thursday media column: Megan McCarthy to the NYO, Ana Marie Cox and Nick Davies to The Guardian, a new EP at ABC News, Jon Meacham to Time, and ruthless morning news bookers.
In your shattered Thursday media column: The Guardian's circulation drops, the New York Press is dead(ish), media reporter job moves continue, and meta-aggregation is about as great as you'd think.
In your mordant Thursday media column: Arianna Huffington offers concierge service, layoff rumors at Meredith (confirmed), Tina Brown on snark, the Guardian's digital future, and Greta Van Susteren's embarrassment of the day.
The U.S. Air Force has blocked the website of The New York Times on its computers, because the paper published bits of secret diplomatic cables leaked by secret-sharing site Wikileaks. And don't try The Guardian or Le Monde, either.
