Jun 07, 2007
Anti-terrorism funds enlisted in war on drugs
Colombia collects millions, even as politicians are linked to brazen cartels and paramilitary groups.
Collateral Damage
May 31, 2007
An alliance gone bad
Thai government's cooperation in war on terror brought in U.S. dollars — and the CIA.
May 31, 2007
A repugnant choice
In dealing with Uzbek dictator, U.S. buys access to air field — even after eviction.
May 31, 2007
Billions in aid, with no accountability
Pakistan receives the most post-9/11 U.S. military funding, yet has failed to ferret out al Qaeda, Taliban leaders.
May 31, 2007
Sustaining an unpopular regime
In the Philippines, U.S. aid has helped bolster a government whose military is tied to extrajudicial killings.
May 30, 2007
Operation ‘targeted killings’
U.S. shows signs of emulating controversial Israeli anti-terrorism policy.
May 30, 2007
Renditions vs. rights
Jordan's apparent willingness to participate in transfers of suspects trumps poor record on human rights.
May 30, 2007
An interrogation role model
U.S. picked up tactics — including torture — from Israeli intelligence.
May 30, 2007
The price of independence: $1 billion
Once-loyal Turkey passed up aid to maintain its own Iraq policy.
May 24, 2007
In cleric’s abduction in Italy, the CIA all but left a calling card
A tangled spy story has resulted in a major political and diplomatic embarrassment for the United States and its close ally in the war on terror, Italy.
May 24, 2007
Poland’s cooperation with the U.S. brings internal and diplomatic disapproval
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the CIA began using a tiny airfield north of Warsaw for transiting terrorist suspects to secret prisons and to countries known to employ torture.
May 24, 2007
In its zeal to please U.S., Romania tramples foreigners’ rights
There are only a few hundred Muslim immigrants in Iaşi, a city of 350,000 that is Romania's second-largest metropolis, and few of them seem eager to talk about what happened in January 2005. That's when Romanian security forces converged on an Iaşi mosque and arrested five North African and Middle Eastern students enrolled at the local University of Medicine and Pharmacy on suspicion of being terrorists.
May 24, 2007
Europe’s relations with U.S. undermined by apparent complicity on CIA prisons
One of the most significant fallouts from the U.S. war on terror has been the strain on America's historically strong relationship with Europe.
May 22, 2007
U.S. hands out vast sums of money while ignoring human rights records
Post-9/11 U.S. military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home.
May 22, 2007
African nations get tough on terrorist suspects — even when evidence is lacking
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, whose human rights records have long been described as "poor" or ones with "serious problems" by the U.S. State Department, have received millions in U.S. aid since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
May 22, 2007
Post-9/11 renditions: An extraordinary violation of international law
Some say lack of due process in kidnappings and detention at secret prisons amounts to war crimes.
May 22, 2007
Ethiopia reaps U.S. aid by enlisting in war on terror and hiring influential lobbyists
One dramatic act sets Ethiopia apart from the array of countries with poor human rights records that have become United States counterterrorism allies since the September 11, 2001, attacks: With U.S. backing, it invaded a neighboring country and overthrew a Taliban-like Islamist movement.
May 22, 2007
U.S. treatment of detainees deplored
Critics denounce 'waterboarding' and other interrogation techniques banned by Geneva Conventions.
May 22, 2007
Qat’s soothing effects mask its true roles: revenue and control
Drug helps keep the government in business.
May 22, 2007
Profiteering on location
Djibouti's repressive regime, not its people, has prospered since 9/11.
May 22, 2007
About This Project: Collateral Damage
For more than a year, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) conducted an investigation to assess the impact of foreign lobbying and terrorism on post-9/11 U.S. military training and assistance policies.
Sep 07, 2006
Jakarta’s intelligence service hires Washington lobbyists
Indonesia's national intelligence agency used a former Indonesian president's charitable foundation to hire a Washington lobbying firm in 2005 to press the U.S. government for a full resumption of controversial military training programs to the country.