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Max J. Rosenthal

Bush's CIA Director Hoped For 'Aw, Sh*t!' Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- During the 2008 campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama railed against the intelligence programs implemented under President George W. Bush and...

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Hard Measures: Torture Is Humane

Glenn L. Carle | Posted 05.01.2012

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Glenn L. Carle

Jose Rodriguez's book, Hard Measures, does not seem so much deluded as willfully misleading, an apologia for some of the most controversial choices made by the Bush administration and the CIA.

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Interrogators Speak Out: Torture is Illegal, Immoral and Ineffective

Mark Fallon | Posted 04.28.2012

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Mark Fallon

Every interrogation starts with analysis. That is, getting to know the detainee, researching their background, exploring their relationships with others, reviewing any available information and figuring out what makes them tick.

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The Danger Of Going Back To The Dark Side

Rev. Richard L. Killmer | Posted 01.28.2012

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Rev. Richard L. Killmer

As people of faith, we know that torture is always and unequivocally wrong. God created all people with dignity and worth, and we grieve knowing that inflicting harm and cruelty on another human being scars and diminishes us all.

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The Truth About Whistleblowing

Alma Katsu | Posted 11.14.2011

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Alma Katsu

Are whistleblowers disgruntled troublemakers looking for attention? Or are courts and federal agencies colluding to squash valid criticism?

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To Learn or Not to Learn: America's Dilemma After 9/11

Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.08.2011

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Carol Smaldino

If America is the land of the brave, that for me would include increasing and exercising our courage to get to know the deepest and darkest secrets that constitute the truth.

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An End to Psychologists' Role in Interrogation?

Leonard Rubenstein | Posted 10.16.2011

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Leonard Rubenstein

The very foundation of the American Psychological Association's position on torture has been undermined with the release this month of its own Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology.

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Human Rights Watch Calls for Bush Administration Officials to Be Tried for Torture

Democracy Now! | Posted 09.12.2011

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Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! interviewed Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, about a new report calling on the U.S. government to launch a broad criminal investigation into alleged crimes of torture.

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Bush-Era CIA Mistakes Under Fresh Scrutiny

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 08.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a torture and war crimes grand jury investigation into the interrogation and death of a prisoner ...

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Talking Torture With Mukasey and Thiessen: Do Torture Advocates Care About U.S. Moral Standing?

Elisa Massimino | Posted 07.19.2011

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Elisa Massimino

Torture not only stained our reputation; it weakened American national security. It has alienated entire communities, undermining the capacity of the U.S. to fight terrorism, and given al Qaeda a public relations boon.

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Obama: Fighting a Smarter War on Terror

Ashwin Madia | Posted 07.06.2011

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Ashwin Madia

Two developments -- from the use of key intelligence that came from means that didn't include torture to the president's decision to not release photos of a dead bin Laden -- demonstrate a more deliberate way of fighting this war.

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Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Europe and Extraordinary Rendition

Amrit Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amrit Singh

An Amnesty International Report released this week calls for a break in the conspiracy of silence surrounding Europe's complicity in CIA-driven torture and extraordinary renditions.

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Bush Boasts of Approving Torture, While Holder Declines Prosecution for Destroying Evidence

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shahid Buttar

This Veterans' Day, executive impunity for human rights abuses is once again in the news. Former President George W. Bush openly admitted authorizing ...

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Rule of Law Takes a Holiday While Bush Admits Torture and CIA Gets Off the Hook

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nan Aron

This week, along with the spectacle of former President George W. Bush bragging on national television about authorizing torture, federal prosecutor J...

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CIA Interrogation Tape Destruction Will Result In No Charges

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A special prosecutor cleared the CIA's former top clandestine officer and others Tuesday of any charges for destroying agency video...

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Outsourcing the Dirty War in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

Bob Woodward's new book Obama's Wars reveals that the CIA maintains a 3000-strong Afghan paramilitary force that conducts cross-border operations into Pakistan. It's news in the U.S., but Afghanis have known this for long time.

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Barbaric: 86-Year Sentence for Aafia Siddiqui

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

I can hardly express sufficiently my shock at the news that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has been sentenced to 86 years in prison.

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By One Vote, U.S. Court OKs Torture and "Extraordinary Rendition"

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

The ruling delivered last Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of five men subjected to "extraordinary rendition" and torture, is so troubling it takes a while to digest.

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They Tortured Me for My Health -- Don't Let It Happen to You

Lev Raphael | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lev Raphael

From Prague to D.C. the new rage in tourist attractions is torture museums. Is that thanks to the Bush administration? The closest I had ever come t...

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AP: Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Electric-Drill Torture Now Training CIA Operatives As A Contractor

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intell...

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New CIA Interrogation Tapes Hint at Legal 'Loophole' Allowing the US to Outsource Torture

Clara Gutteridge | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clara Gutteridge

The stash of tapes reveal that there is more evidence of the CIA's torture programme than has previously been admitted, and hint at the central role played by Morocco in the secret prison system .

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Unhappy Anniversary: Eight Years of Continuing Lawlessness

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shahid Buttar

The Defense Department now obstructs justice by suppressing evidence of its own criminal actions. This sordid history indicates the perverse depths to which our nation has unfortunately fallen.

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CIA Memo To Destroy Tapes Omitted Lawyers

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was a...

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Join the FAT (Fast Against Torture) on August 1, 2010

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

Please consider participating in a 24 hour Fast Against Torture in memory of all those illegally and unethically tortured around the world, including, most importantly, those tortured and waterboarded by the Bush-Cheney Administration.

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CIA Overreached On Terror Suspect Interrogations, Says Key Bush Lawyer

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — One of the key Bush administration lawyers in the evolution of the CIA's interrogation program cast doubt on whether the Justice De...

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