Quotes of the Day

A U.S. military trooper stands in front of an old airplane hangar at Camp Justice, site of the war-crimes-tribunal compound at Guantánamo Bay
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010

Open quoteIt's not very palatable but there is a price to be paid for lawlessness and torture in freedom's name.Close quote

  • SHAMI CHAKRABARTI,
  • director of Liberty, on the U.K. government compensation to former detainees at Guantánamo Bay who alleged that British intelligence agencies colluded in their torture
Photo: BRENNAN LINSLEY / AFP / Getty | Source: BBC