American Torture

War Movie Marathon

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: 9/11, Dana Andrews, Torture, Guantanamo, Enhanced Interrogations, American Torture, George W. Bush, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Does torture fit with historical American values? One need only look to the filmography of the great Dana Andrews for the answer.

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Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thailand, George W. Bush, Abu Zubaydah, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Fbi, Steven Bradbury, Dick Cheney, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics, Jay Bybee, Sere, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, R. Scott Shumate, Sleep Deprivation, Cia Music Torture, Colin Powell, Music Torture, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, David Addington, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Jane Mayer, George Tenet, American Torture, Ron Suskind, James Risen, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Waterboarding, William J. Haynes II, International Committee of the Red Cross, Torture Memos, Torture, World News
Andy Worthington

For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks.

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British Court Rules Against UK and US in Case of Guantanamo Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clive Stafford-Smith, John Bellinger, David Miliband, CIA Secret Prisons, US State Department, UK High Court, Terrorism, American Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, Susan Crawford, Binyam Mohamed, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the lawless world of Guantánamo -- and the United States' even murkier network of secret prisons run by or on behalf of the CIA -- it has taken si...

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