Episode #08065

Claire Danes talks about her role as a bipolar CIA agent in her TV show "Homeland." (06:00)

Tags:  Claire Danes,  interviews,  celebrities,  mental health,  drugs,  injuries,  books,  CIA,  Colbert Bump,  interrogations,  torture,  spying

Episode #08039

The National Defense Authorization Act strikes at the heart of the most notorious safe haven for terrorists: the U.S. Constitution. (05:58)

Tags:  The Word,  Barack Obama,  Obama administration,  terrorism,  laws,  trials/hearings,  Constitution,  prison,  civil rights,  human rights,  torture,  voting,  Newt Gingrich,  hunting,  Dick Cheney,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  candidates,  interrogations,  Guantanamo Bay,  huggers,  war on terror

Episode #08023

Ron Paul supporters release a pin-up calendar, Allen West defends waterboarding, and Forever 21 discontinues a controversial necklace. (06:02)

Tags:  Tip/Wag,  Ron Paul,  Libertarians,  modeling,  patriotism,  campaigns,  candidates,  Betsy Ross,  Frankenstein,  Dracula,  monsters,  FDA,  debt,  photos,  government,  holidays,  Halloween,  4th of July,  costumes,  lookin' good,  Herman Cain,  Rick Perry,  Barack Obama,  debates,  torture,  waterboarding,  Jimmy,  Allen West,  movies,  Demi Moore,  interrogations,  controversies,  sexism,  Asian,  fashion,  collectibles,  shopping,  racism,  ethnic,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Republicans

Episode #08007

Former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan discusses the interrogation techniques he used to obtain intelligence from Al Qaeda operatives. (06:42)

Tags:  Ali Soufan,  interviews,  FBI,  terrorism,  waterboarding,  torture,  interrogations,  intelligence,  Al Qaeda,  wars,  Islamic,  religion,  Osama bin Laden,  9/11,  Dick Cheney,  assassinations,  lying,  military,  war on terror,  apocalypse

Episode #07090

Gitmo detainees craft a dangerous new weapon behind bars that may shatter our aesthetic paradigm. (03:19)

Tags:  Guantanamo Bay,  terrorism,  art,  prison,  Afghanistan,  torture,  Barack Obama,  interrogations,  food,  Greek,  health

Episode #06021

If the underwear bomber was weak enough to give intelligence when he wasn't tortured, imagine what he would have said under duress. (06:02)

Tags:  The Word,  Obama administration,  scandals,  interrogations,  Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab,  terrorism,  FBI,  intelligence,  torture,  Mitch McConnell,  literary references

Episode #05070

John Yoo had all the qualifications the Philadelphia Inquirer was looking for, in that they were afraid to tell him no. (02:20)

Tags:  John Yoo,  torture,  Bush administration,  accountability,  media,  conservative,  liberal,  interrogations,  Colbertisms

Episode #05061

Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney should have to explain their nuanced rationale for torture to a jury of children. (05:57)

Tags:  The Word,  torture,  waterboarding,  interrogations,  Guantanamo Bay,  Condoleezza Rice,  trials/hearings,  kids,  terrorism,  Monica Lewinsky,  Richard Nixon,  lawyers,  school

Episode #05055

Shepard Smith swearing on camera isn't something one gets away with like torture. (04:26)

Tags:  torture,  interrogations,  Shepard Smith,  Snakes on a Plane,  censorship,  Fox News

Episode #05053

Americans will get justice for torture without making any of the good guys pay the price. (06:32)

Tags:  The Word,  torture,  Barack Obama,  waterboarding,  accountability,  interrogations,  collectibles,  kittens,  Bush administration,  Guantanamo Bay