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Raymond Bonner

Raymond Bonner is an investigative reporter living in London. His most recent book is Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong, about an innocent man sent to death row. More

Raymond Bonner, previously a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and a staff writer at the New Yorker, is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Overseas Press Club Award in 1994 for his reporting from Rwanda and the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism, by the Nieman Foundation Fellows, in 1996. He is the author of Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador (Times Books) which received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award; Waltzing With A Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy (Knopf), which received a Sidney Hillman Book Prize; and At the Hand of Man: Peril and Hope for Africa's Wildlife (Knopf).

Before switching to journalism, Bonner was a lawyer; he worked with Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Litigation Group, established the West Coast Advocacy office of Consumers Union, and was head of the consumer fraud/white collar crime section in the San Francisco District Attorney's office; he taught at the University of California, Davis, Law School; and was founder of the Public Interest Clearinghouse, at Hastings College of Law.


The Fall of the House of Murdoch

The Fall of the House of Murdoch

What will become of the "man who owns the news"?… More »

Issue March 2012

The Last Line of Defense

An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty.… More »

Scotland Yard Report Finds British Citizen Was Tortured in Secret CIA Site

Scotland Yard Report Finds British Citizen Was Tortured in Secret CIA Site

Today's announcement goes further than any previous official statement in acknowledging the UK's role in Binjam Mohamed's torture… More »

London Court Rules U.S. Must Release Pakistani Prisoner From Bagram

London Court Rules U.S. Must Release Pakistani Prisoner From Bagram

Lawyers and human rights activists here are successfully turning to the courts to staunch the erosion of civil liberties released by the Bush Administration's war on terror… More »

James Murdoch to Parliament: 'I Didn't Know'

James Murdoch to Parliament: 'I Didn't Know'

In today's hearing, the younger Murdoch remained calm in the face of searing accusations… More »

The Best Show in Town: Murdoch in the Dock

The Best Show in Town: Murdoch in the Dock

James Murdoch will be questioned in a parliamentary committee about his knowledge of phone hacking at News of the World on Thursday… More »

Is Scotland Yard Going Too Far in Phone Hacking Investigation?

Is Scotland Yard Going Too Far in Phone Hacking Investigation?

UK investigators are using tough anti-spying laws to try and pressure The Guardian newspaper to reveal its sources… More »

The Media and 9/11: How We Did

The Media and 9/11: How We Did

After the attacks, journalists were swept up in the national feelings of fear and outrage -- and failed to do their job… More »

Was Declaring War on Terror a Mistake?

Was Declaring War on Terror a Mistake?

The former British spy chief says al-Qaeda's attack should have been considered a crime, not an act of war… More »

Cameron's Promise: Every Looter Will Be Caught

Cameron's Promise: Every Looter Will Be Caught

Thousands of rioters have been caught on tape; British officials now have the task of identifying every single one of them… More »

Massive Riots: Britain Today, America Tomorrow?

Massive Riots: Britain Today, America Tomorrow?

Joblessness, rising inequality, and a frustrated underclass are all being blamed for the violence in London… More »

The New Press Watchdogs: Judges?

The New Press Watchdogs: Judges?

The latest twist in the phone-hacking scandal: the announcement by a judge heading the government inquiry that he'll conduct seminars on press ethics… More »

Not Only Murdoch: Assange on Trial

Not Only Murdoch: Assange on Trial

Graphic sex talk at Julian Assange's extradition trial is practically going unnoticed--but not by Assange's new legal team, which is fighting to keep him in England… More »

Pharmaceutical Company Bans Sale of Drug for Use in Lethal Injections

Pharmaceutical Company Bans Sale of Drug for Use in Lethal Injections

With Lundbeck's refusal to sell pentobarbital to prison authorities, executioners face mounting difficulties… More »

The Lethal-Drug Maker That's Helping End Lethal Injections

The Lethal-Drug Maker That's Helping End Lethal Injections

Denmark's Lundbeck is the sole remaining supplier of pentobarbital used on death row in the U.S.… More »

How Twitter Thwarts Censorship of the Press

How Twitter Thwarts Censorship of the Press

In Britain, bankers, athletes, and others have sought gag orders to stop coverage of embarrassing scandals—but it's hard to squash discussion in the age of social media… More »

The Most Frightening Cigarette Packages Ever

The Most Frightening Cigarette Packages Ever

If you want a pack of cigarettes in Australia, don't expect to see fancy logos—but do brace yourself for gruesome teeth… More »

Bin Laden's Death Resonates in Australia

Bin Laden's Death Resonates in Australia

As in the U.S., the killing of the al-Qaeda leader stirs a complicated and emotional reaction to years of terrorism, costly engagement in two wars, and a nation's idea of itself… More »

In Detaining Terror Suspects, U.S. Sloppiness Reigns Supreme

In Detaining Terror Suspects, U.S. Sloppiness Reigns Supreme

New military reports released by Wikileaks reveal laziness of both thinking and detail in the handling of Australia's Mamdouh Habib and David Hicks… More »

A Transatlantic Case for Sane Airport Security

A Transatlantic Case for Sane Airport Security

Shoe removal? Please. Maureen Dowd and the chairman of British Airways attack the TSA's outdated measures.… More »

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