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Karen J. Greenberg

Karen J. Greenberg, a TomDispatch regular, is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law. Her most recent book is Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump, now out in paperback. Kevin Ruane and Claudia Bennett contributed research for this article.

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We-Are-Not-Them Exceptionalism

Creating a Global Lost Generation

By Karen J. Greenberg On January 22, 2019On May 15, 2021

America’s Mixed Messages

This Time at Sea

By Karen J. Greenberg On December 20, 2018On December 20, 2018

Justice Derailed

Brett Kavanaugh and the Echoes of Gitmo

By Karen J. Greenberg On October 14, 2018On May 15, 2021

A Children’s Gitmo on the Border

Heartless America’s Latest Nightmare

By Karen J. Greenberg On June 26, 2018On June 26, 2018

Down the Memory Hole

Trump’s Strategic Assault on Democracy, Word by Word

By Karen J. Greenberg On May 17, 2018On May 15, 2021

“Enemy Combatants” Again?

Will Washington Never Learn?

By Karen J. Greenberg On October 15, 2017On May 15, 2021

Where Have All the Children Gone?

The Age of Grief

By Karen J. Greenberg On June 15, 2017On May 15, 2021

Guantánamo’s Last 100 Days

The Story That Never Was

By Karen J. Greenberg On March 2, 2017On May 15, 2021

Liberty Is Security

By Karen J. Greenberg On October 2, 2016On May 15, 2021

Still in the Bush Embrace

What Really Stands in the Way of Closing Guantánamo

By Karen J. Greenberg On April 19, 2016On May 15, 2021

Fighting the Last War

Will the War on Terror Be the Template for the Ebola Crisis?

By Karen J. Greenberg On October 21, 2014On May 15, 2021

The Road From Abu Ghraib

A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending

By Karen J. Greenberg On April 27, 2014On May 15, 2021

The Five Commandments of Barack Obama

How “Thou Shalt Not” Became “Thou Shalt”

By Karen J. Greenberg On February 27, 2014On November 10, 2021

Learning to Love Torture,

Seven Easy, Onscreen Steps to Making U.S. Torture and Detention Policies Once Again Palatable

By Karen J. Greenberg On January 10, 2013On May 10, 2013

Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online?

How Fear of Cyber Attack Could Take Down Your Liberties and the Constitution

By Karen J. Greenberg On October 21, 2012On May 15, 2021

Ever More and Ever Less

By Karen J. Greenberg On March 18, 2012On May 15, 2021

Crisis of Confidence

By Karen J. Greenberg On August 21, 2011On August 21, 2011

Business as Usual on Steroids

The Obama Administration Doubles Down on the War on Terror

By Karen J. Greenberg On June 19, 2011On May 15, 2021

America’s Growing Intolerance

By Karen J. Greenberg On March 29, 2011On March 29, 2011

Guilty Until Proven Guilty 

By Karen J. Greenberg On November 18, 2010On November 18, 2010

Karen Greenberg, The Two-Guantanamo Solution

By Karen J. Greenberg On April 18, 2010On May 15, 2021

Karen Greenberg, Human Rights in the Dust

By Karen J. Greenberg On April 30, 2009On February 17, 2021

Karen Greenberg, The Missing Prison

By Karen J. Greenberg On March 5, 2009On April 18, 2010

Karen Greenberg, Barbarism Lite

By Karen J. Greenberg On February 21, 2008On November 17, 2010

Karen Greenberg, Guantanamo Forever

By Karen J. Greenberg On September 27, 2007On January 15, 2012

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