When Mohammed el Gorani was a boy in Saudi Arabia, he found that he could not find good work or education because his family was from Chad. A friend from Pakistan offered to connect him with relatives there who would help him get educated. He took his work savings and flew to Pakistan, where he was kidnapped by local thugs and sold to the US Army as an Al Qaeda operative. He was tortured by the thugs, then tortured by the Army, then sent to Guantanamo for six years, where he was tortured further. December 14, 2011
David Axelrod, chief strategist for President Barack Obama, on the increased scrutiny Republican candidate Newt Gingrich will face now that he’s the frontrunner. December 13, 2011
