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Supreme Court Rules Against ACLU In Case Of Detainee Abuse Photos

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeals court ruling ordering the disclosure of photographs of detainees being abused by their ...

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Human Rights Watch Should Not Be Criticized for Doing Its Job

Aryeh Neier | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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Human Rights Watch has an immense amount of experience in all parts of the world in fact-gathering and getting the story right. That is why its reporting matters.

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Torture, Honor and Obama

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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The Justice Department issued a report recommending cases involving gross abuses committed by American personnel in Iraq will be reopened. These courts inescapably will become theaters of the absurd.

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Six Reasons to Love the Supplemental and Celebrate Progressives in Government

Heather Hurlburt | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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There's a decent chance that, in future, members of Congress from all sides will lose the ability to push unpopular projects through by tying them to money for the troops on the ground.

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General Ricardo Sanchez Calls for War Crimes Truth Commission - VIDEO UPDATE

Jack Hidary | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

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Last night, General Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of all coalition forces in Iraq, became the first senior military officer from the Iraqi theater to call for a truth commission.

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Abuse Photos Include Images Of Rape And Sexual Assault: Report

Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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The Pentagon on Thursday denied the Daily Telegraph report that photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse, whose release U.S. President Obama wants to block...

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Baghdad Bomb Kills US Soldier, Making May Deadliest In 8 Months

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier Wednesday in Baghdad, making May the deadliest month for the American military since September. ...

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

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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

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Bush's Final Press Conference

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Lest I be accused of "Bush Derangement Syndrome," I'm reproducing some of the most interesting answers Bush gave today, with a minimum of snarky commentary.

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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