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Sentencing of Steve Green in Abeer Death, Command Structure In Iraq

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Multiple Deployment, Ann Wright, Abu Ghraib, Military Suicides, John Russell, Kentucky, Ptsd, Abeer, Mamoudiyah, Jesse Spielman, Rape, Massacre, Karen Marrs, Abu Graib, 2009, Al Janabi, Odierno, Michael Steele, Steve Green, Paducah, James Barker, 2006, 101st Airborne,  Iraq, War Wire, Iraq, Officer Guilt, Command Structure, World News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Enlisted people moreover are only one dimension. The truly dangerous distortion is at the top, in the command structures.

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Memory, War, and the Memory of War

Louis Bickford | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Memorial Day, Bush Torture, Cheney Torture, Torture Memos, Abu Ghraib, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News
Louis Bickford

Extreme violations of human rights in any context, including a war, are too important to forget. We want future generations to remember that we insisted on accountability for them.

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Yes We Are Them and They Are Us

Roderick Spencer | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Morality, Obama, Clinton, Power, Redemption, Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Torture Photos, World News
Roderick Spencer

Until both sides have the courage to recognize themselves in each other, and in the torture pictures, debate is useless. People on the Left are just as capable of rationalizing cruelty as people on the Right.

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An Open Letter to Vice President Dick Cheney

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, War Crimes, Military, George W. Bush, Abu Ghraib, President Obama, Dick Cheney, Rachel Maddow, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

You, Mr. Vice President, provided our enemies with all the anti-American propaganda they needed and then some. You thereby killed American troops as surely as if you personally set off roadside bombs.

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Torture Commission: A Gift to the Republican Right?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, Cia, Terrorism, President Obama, Truth Commission, 9/11, Iraq, Congress, Detainees, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Education, Human Rights, National Security, Nancy Pelosi, Waterboarding, Neo-Conservatives, Health Care, Republicans, Torture, Gop, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

It is a bitter pill to swallow that those most responsible for the terrible abuses of the past decade are those who are most likely to benefit from an investigation into the truth.

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Obama to Offer Blindfolds and Ear Plugs to All Americans

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Humor, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Guantanamo, Freedom of Information Act, Cheney Torture Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Torture Photos, Satire, Political Humor, Obama Torture Prosecutions, Political Satire, ACLU Torture, Torture, Politics News
Matthew Filipowicz

Until we take off our blindfolds, until we truly hold accountable those who authorized these heinous acts, we will continue to endanger not only ourselves, but our troops.

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Hide the Photos but Bring the Real Criminals to Light

Trey Ellis | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Trey Ellis

The actions of some twisted soldiers are the effects, not the cause, of why this land of the free is now known as the land of torture. Releasing more photos will not help change that perception.

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Obama Makes Terrible Mistake by Not Releasing Pictures

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dilawar, Bagram Air Base, Barack Obama, Detainee Abuse Pictures, General David Petraeus, Abuse Pictures, Dick Cheney, Televison, Detainee Abuse, General Ray Odierno, Media, Democratic Party, Press, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Obama has not just protected the torturers, but empowered them. They now get to claim they tried to protect America and that anyone who tries to show their misdeeds endangers America.

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Detainee Photos: Obama Seeks To Block Release

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Obama Detainee Photos, Detainee Photos, Torture Photos, Obama Torture Photos, Obama Delays Torture Photos, Obeama Torture, Obama Delays Torture Photo Release, Photos, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing U.S. troops abusing pri...

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The Levin Report Prompts A Second Look At Other Bush-Era Whitewashes

David Fiderer | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee Report, 60 Minutes, Antonio Taguba, Rachel Maddow, David Brooks, Donald Rumsfeld, Geoffrey Miller, Frank Rich, Seymour Hersh, Carl Levin, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News
David Fiderer

The story of Taguba's report reflects a truism applicable to every investigation: When large swaths of information are declared off limits, the resulting work product may be fatally flawed.

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Torture Images From Set Of Standard Operating Procedure Retell Story Of Abu Ghraib

Huffington Post Contributors | Nubar Alexanian and Katharine Thomas | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, Foreign Affairs, CIA Torture, Abu Ghraib Photos, Abu Ghraib Documentary, Abu Ghraib, Bush Torture Memos, Iraq War Wire, Images, Bush Administration Torture, Abu Ghraib Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Bush Torture, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Errol Morris Abu Ghraib, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Torture, Advocacy, Torture Photos, World News

Photographs by Nubar Alexanian Text by Katharine Thomas One of President Obama's first executive decisions in office was to prohibit the use of inte...

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Retired Brigadier General: Those Who Approved Torture "Must Be Held Accountable"

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding, US Army, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Harsh Interrogation Methods, Ee, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

Says Adams: "I have never known anyone in a leadership position in the military who would condone torture. They would never do it... which is to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law."

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Abu Ghraib Guards: We Were Scapegoats For Bush

Times London | Tim Reid | Posted 06.02.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Torture Memos Release, Abu Ghraib Guards, Torture Memos, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Abu Ghraib, World News

Prison guards jailed for abusing inmates at the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq are planning to appeal against their convictions on the ground that recently r...

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America's Willing Torturers

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln, Waterboarding, American History, Torture, My Lai, Philip Zimbardo, Holocaust, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

We stand justified in asking our leaders to hold America to a higher standard -- to probe the decisions and decision-makers who led us to that darkened cell with its waterboards and bug boxes.

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I Think I Owe Lynndie England an Apology

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troops, Harsh Interrogations, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Jay S. Bybee, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Iraq War, Lynndie England, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Steven G. Bradbury, Cia, Harsh Interrogation Methods, Waterboarding, John C. Yoo, Bill O'Reilly, Torture, Politics News
Tina Dupuy

I never thought I would say this, but Lynndie England is a symbol of embarrassment. Not because she posed in pictures following orders, but because our government let her take the fall.

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Torture, American-Style

Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Aclu, Iraq War, Cruel-and-Unusual-Punishment, Cia, Prison, Cruel-and-Unusual, Punishment, Jail, Darius Rejali, Iraq, Mark Danner, Seymour Hersh, Bybee Memo, Torture, Abu Ghraib, World News
Anne-Marie Cusac

What astonished me was not the Abu Ghraib torture, but the public's shock and dismay. How could people be so surprised when so many of the same practices had already happened here?

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Obama's First 100 Days: Restoring the Good Name of the U.S.

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Foreclosures, Green Jobs, Pakistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Lead Paint Toys, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Donnie Walsh, Afghanistan War, Isiah Thomas, Iraq War, Unemployment, 2012 Election, Party of No, 100 Days, Brownie, Obama Budget, Banking Crisis, Financial System, Stem Cell Research, No-Bid Contracts, Consumer Product Safety Commission, New York Knicks, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The task awaiting Obama was massive. And yet, there is a rush to decide how he's doing after 100 days. Donnie Walsh gets two years to revive the Knicks, but the president only gets 100 days to fix the country?

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Torture Revelations Will Leave the Left Frustrated

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, President Obama, Red Cross, Geneva Convention, Afghanistan War, Abu Zubaydah, Cheney, Status of Forces Agreements, Judge Bybee, Congress, Rumsfeld, Sen. John McCain, Abu Ghraib, Detainees, Bush, Iraq War, Pows, Michael Hayden, George Washington, Ali Soufani, Robert Mueller, Dennis Blair, Fbi, Matthew Alexander, Torture, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

The most likely outcome of this whole business will be that nobody will be punished.

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Looking Back at Abu Ghraib 5 Years Later

Mary Mapes | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prisioner Abuse, Abu Ghraib 5 Year Anniversary, Abu Ghraib 5 Years Later, CBS News, Detainee Abuse, Abu Ghraib Photos, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News
Mary Mapes

Five years ago, I was at work at CBS News in New York, holding a manila folder to my chest, guarding it with my life. Inside, there were pictures from Abu Ghraib.

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New Torture Photos Release Delayed By Obama (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: The White House plans to announce that Obama is "seeking to delay release of 'torture photos' depicting detainee abuse, reversing course. Wh...

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Prison Abuse Photos From Iraq, Afghanistan To Be Released By Pentagon

Los Angeles Times | Peter Wallsten, Julian Barnes and Greg Miller | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Abu Ghraib Photos, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Prison Abuse Photos, Prison Abuse, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Afghanistan, World News

Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel ...

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Investigating Bush-Cheney Torture Policies "By the Book"

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, White House, Al-Qa'eda, John McCain, Bush, Terrorism, Bataan Death March, International Law, Obama, Justice Department, Guantanamo. Detainees, Prisoners-of-War, Abu Ghraib, War Crimes, Pows, Cheney, Afghanistan, Japan, US Army, World War II, Torture, Allies, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

It would be betrayal of the sacrifices of Americans like my grandfather to selectively prosecute the low-level offenders at Abu Ghraib and ignore the policy makers who set the violations of the Geneva Convention in motion.

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Torture, Done in Our Name

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Jay Bybee, Cia, Justice Department and Torture, John Yoo, George W. Bush, Bush Administration and Torture, CIA Torture, Steven Bradbury, Bush Adminstration, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, George Tenet, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Richard Cheney, Torture, Abuzubaydah, World News
Rick Horowitz

If the rest of us are to live with ourselves, if we're to regain our own consciences, first we have to see it for what it was, and call it by its rightful name, this thing that was done in our name.

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Abu Ghraib Head: Bush Administration Scapegoated Us

CBS | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Karpinski, Bush Torture Memos, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Bush Administration, Abu Ghraib Torture, Abu Gharib, Enhanced Interrogations, Torture Memo, Torture Memos, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Advocacy, George Bush, War Wire, Politics News

Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who ran Iraq prisons in 2003, including the notorious Abu Ghraib prison was insistent that all orders on interrogat...

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New Report: Bush Officials Tried to Shift Blame for Detainee Abuse to Low-Ranking Soldiers

Sen. Carl Levin | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee Report, Bush Administration, Department of Defense, Sere, Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee, Guantanamo, Waterboarding, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News
Sen. Carl Levin

If we are to retain our status as a leader in the world, we must acknowledge and confront the abuse of detainees in our custody. A new declassified report makes significant progress toward that goal.

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