Monthly Archives: August 2009

Remembering Hurricane Katrina

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Tim Shorrock

Covering Hurricane Katrina was one of the hardest assignments in my 30 years in journalism. I wrote this story after spending two grueling days walking through the Lower Ninth Ward, accompanying families who were coming back there for the first … Continue reading →

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Echoes of Cold War past in torture report

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Tim Shorrock

My latest published piece, from the London Guardian (go there for all the links). Hidden deep in the CIA Inspector General report on the Bush/Cheney torture regime are references to interrogations and torture in Vietnam and Central America. Plus: How … Continue reading →

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An American in Hiroshima

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Tim Shorrock

Steve Leeper is an American in an usual position: he is the first foreigner to run the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, the organization that operates the museums and memorials in the first city attacked by nuclear weapons. Steve’s been getting a lot … Continue reading →

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