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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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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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Jason Linkins

Rush Limbaugh Begins Slapping Himself On-Air To "Simulate Torture" (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Rush Limbaugh read the torture memos and got inspired to perform a brief act of self-torture and strenuous exercise, just like the old-timey radio por...

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Sam Stein

Bush Torture Memos: Commercial Diets Used As Justification

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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In an effort to rationalize the use of dietary manipulation on detainees, Bush administration officials turned to Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. In a fo...

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Sam Stein

Bush Memo Footnotes Define Waterboarding As Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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With reporting by Stuart Whatley A Bush administration memo from 2005, intended to establish a legal basis for aggressive interrogation techniques, c...

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Bush Considered Throwing Out First Amendment

Newsweek | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Justice Department secretly gave the green light for the U.S. military to attack apartment buildings and off...

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Secret Bush Memo Authorizing Warrantless Seizure Of 'Terror Suspects' Released

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and MATT APUZZO | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed excep...

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Bush Memo To Officials: Say I Had "Honor And Dignity"

LA Times | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- In case any Bush administration officials have trouble summing up the boss' record, the White House is providing a few he...

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