Water Boarding

GOP Smackdown Goes From Comedy to Horror Flick

Dave Helfert | Posted 01.15.2012

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Dave Helfert

Saturday night, they addressed foreign policy. And all of a sudden, their childish nonsense wasn't so funny. What if one of these boobs actually got into office?

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Why Torture Is A Moral Issue

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.05.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

June 26 was United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In the United States, both human rights and religious organizations had...

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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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Top UK Officials Doubt Bush Claims

Amnesty International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amnesty International

By his own admission, President Bush directed subordinates to water-board prisoners in American custody. Water-boarding is torture. He was not then, and is not now, above the law

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Steele Walks Back Claim That He's Open To Torture Probe

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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A spokesperson for RNC chief Michael Steele appears to be walking back Steele's suggestion yesterday that he could support a truth commission on tort...

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Jesse Ventura: Coleman A "Hypocrite," I Would Waterboard Cheney (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Minnesota Governor and one-time professional wrestler Jesse Ventura went public on Larry King Live yesterday with some harsh criticisms of the ...

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Sam Stein

IG Report: Waterboarding Was Neither "Efficacious Or Medically Safe"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A CIA inspector general's report from May 2004 that is set to be declassified by the Obama White House will almost certainly disprove claims that wate...

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Another Reason to Get to the Bottom of Waterboarding

Barry Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barry Schwartz

Punishment is not the point; moral clarity and moral seriousness is.

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Obama's CIA Torture Prosecution Stance Leads To Outcry From Human Rights Groups, Muslim World

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Human rights groups and former detainees in U.S. custody expressed disappointment Friday with the decision by President Barack Obama not...

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Spain Investigates What America Should

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marjorie Cohn

It is the responsibility of the United States to investigate allegations of torture. The use of torture should be purged from our system, much like we eradicated slavery.

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How It Was: Terror and Water-Boarding the Insane in Philadelphia

Dan Agin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Agin

It seems that everyone in the world knows about water-boarding except certain people in the Bush administration. Our good fortune is that the Bush adm...

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Giuliani: I'm Not Sure Waterboarding Is Torture

New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a town hall meeting here last night, Rudolph W. Giuliani expanded upon his views of torture. Here is a transcript of the exchange. Linda Gustitus,...

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