Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday. On Monday, he said, the Treasury Department will issue a general license for the export [...]

The Most Curious Thing – Errol Morris The background story behind one of the notorious Abu Ghraib scandal photos. (tags: AbuGhraib Photography article education interview iraq news newyorktimes photo politics terrorism toread war writing …)