“Where the Rule of Law Goes to Die”

Post Agrees with Bannon • Republicans Double Down • Gutting Roe [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( “Where the Rule of Law Goes to Die” Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Though Susan Collins is “just going to pretend Brett Kavanaugh didn’t lie to her face” about Roe v. Wade, as Bess Levin [writes](, plenty of Americans are outraged by the Supreme Court’s expected rollback of abortion rights. Eric Lutz [breaks down]( the political fallout for 2022. Elsewhere, Chris Smith [talks to]( Alex Gibney about his new documentary probing the failures of the CIA’s torture program. “Gitmo is just a terrible wound,” Gibney says. “It’s the place where the rule of law goes to die.” Plus, Lutz [observes]( a “brief, bizarre alliance” between Steve Bannon and the news media. Thanks for reading! [“The Place Where the Rule of Law Goes to Die”: Alex Gibney’s New Documentary Illuminates the Plight of Guantanamo’s Forever Prisoner]( By [Chris Smith]( [Gibney zeroes in on Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi-born Palestinian who’s been held in Guantanamo since 2006, and the failures of the CIA’s torture program: “You get what you want to hear, not what the truth is.”]( [Read more button]( [Susan Collins Is Just Going to Pretend Brett Kavanaugh Didn’t Lie to Her Face]( By [Bess Levin]( [The Maine lawmaker supposedly didn’t have a chance to watch the proceedings in which Kavanaugh seemed to suggest Roe v. Wade is toast.]( [Read more button]( [Gutting Roe Means 2022 Will Be All About Abortion Rights]( By [Eric Lutz]( [With the conservative-majority Supreme Court expected to roll back abortion rights next year, the danger in handing even more power to Republicans should be front and center in the midterms.]( [Read more button]( [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, Apparel, Electrical Device, and Microphone]( [Republicans Double Down on Pro-COVID Stance as Omicron Threatens Winter Surge]( By [Bess Levin]( [Why do everything you can to ensure people don’t get COVID when you can demand the government let them get COVID?]( [Read more button]( [Steve Bannon and the “Opposition” Media Form a Brief, Bizarre Alliance]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The former Donald Trump hype man is pushing back against Joe Biden’s Justice Department—and The New York Times and The Washington Post are backing him up.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2021 Condé Nast