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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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Khalid Sheik Mohammed: "I Gave A Lot Of False Information" To Make Torture Stop

Mark Nickolas | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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The Bush torture memos pale in comparison to the leaked report issued by the Red Cross following two rounds of private interviews with the 14 "high value detainees" held at Guantanamo Bay.

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White House Preparing To Release "Holy Grail" Torture Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Greg Sargent's done an exceptional job plumbing this Washington Post piece from R. Jeffrey Smith, entitled "Hill Panel Reviewing CIA Tactics." Look a...

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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

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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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

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Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

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Torture? What About the Crime of Waging Aggressive War?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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In addition to investigating torture as a war crime it is imperative that we also examine the lies and deceit that led the United States to try to remake the politics of the Middle East.

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'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Called Out As Torture By Fox News Legal Analyst

Fox News | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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I have read the 175 pages of legal memoranda ("the memos") that the Department of Justice (DoJ) released last week. They consist of letters written by...

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New UN Report Shows the US Combo of Torture and Impunity Thrives in Iraqi Prisons

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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Iraqi authorities widely use torture to interrogate prisoners and extract confessions without fear of consequence. Sadly, the US doesn't have the credibility to confront these crimes.

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Torture In US Goes Unprosecuted Beyond Gitmo (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Contributor | John Hamilton | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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By John Hamilton Finally, there's been a criminal indictment for acts of torture. No, this isn't a case involving CIA operatives waterboarding high-...

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Why Congress Must Hold Hearings

Felton Newell | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Congress must fully investigate to answer the myriad of outstanding questions regarding the Bush terror program.

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I Think I Owe Lynndie England an Apology

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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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Even For Cheney, The Al Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

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Coercive and illegal techniques were used widely at Gitmo in an attempt to secure information linking al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.

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Ten Ways to Bring the Bush Administration's Torture Ten to Justice (and One Way to Avoid)

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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It is worrisome that even the most outraged of our leaders inside the beltway are calling only for the familiar bipartisan truth commission to "investigate."

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David Corn: Special Prosecutor's Job Is Not To Expose Wrongdoing

Mother Jones | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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The other day I ran into a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, and this person noted that he fancied the idea of appointing a special p...

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Does Torture Work? Ask the Nazis Who Interrogated Noor Khan

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

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The martyrdom of Noor Inayat Khan demonstrates that torture is only effective when all understanding of the concept of liberty is lost to a nation.

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CIA Official: No Proof Harsh Techniques Stopped Terror Attacks

McClatchy | Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

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The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush ...

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Torture: "It's Perfectly Legal -- But We Don't Do It"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

All of the torturers from the world's worst, most brutal regimes can now rise up and proclaim their solidarity with the United States: "We Are All Americans Now!"

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Military Agency Called Harsh Methods 'Torture,' 'Unreliable'

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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The military agency that helped to devise harsh interrogation techniques for use against terrorism suspects referred to the application of extreme dur...

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Yes, National Review, We Did Execute Japanese for Waterboarding

Paul Begala | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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It's kind of awkward to argue that waterboarding is not a crime when you hanged someone for doing it to our troops.

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Schakowsky Seeks Public Torture Hearings In House Intelligence Committee

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee wants to hold public hearings on the torture of detainees....

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US Must Prosecute Bush Torture Memo Lawyers: UN Torture Envoy

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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VIENNA — The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that appro...

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New Torture Photos Release Delayed By Obama (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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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Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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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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The Danger of Caution

Susan Benesch | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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Courts are likely to spend decades deciding U.S. torture cases if Obama declines to consider them promptly. The matter will make its way into courtrooms in other ways.

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Robert Mueller, Bush FBI Director In 2008: Torture Didn't Foil Any Plots

The Plum Line | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Now that Bush administration officials have launched a major campaign to persuade us that torture "worked," perhaps it's worth recalling that George W...

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