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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

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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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Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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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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The Danger of Caution

Susan Benesch | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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Susan Benesch

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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The Torture Moment

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Prosecution, Bush Administration Torture, Dan Balz, Shepard Smith, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Waterboarding, Bush Prosecutions, Ed Henry, Obama Torture, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

The way we respond to the revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture will define the kind of country we are. It is a test of our courage and our convictions. So far, the media are not getting high marks.

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Hannity Wants to Be the Face of US Torture

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

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Michael Wolff

You wouldn't necessarily think that the right wing would want to distinguish itself by its enthusiasm for torture, but that's clearly the message Sean Hannity is gleefully sending.

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Ends vs. Means: A Gross Misunderstanding of Our Nation's History

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

Cheney and friends invoke national security as some blanket amnesty for any past or future ethical or legal violations. Our Founding Fathers would find that offensive.

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Jonathan Fredman: Key Bush Era 'Enhanced Interrogator' Still At CIA

Washington Independent | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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"As a general deal," President Barack Obama said Tuesday about Bush administration officials who shaped the post-9/11 interrogation and detention regi...

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The Tortured Logic of the Torture Superfans

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

If we can't protect ourselves with our morals intact, we don't deserve to be protected in the first place.

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Torture, Done in Our Name

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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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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Does Torture Work?

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

As a country, we need to emerge from this debate having placed the argument that "torture works" outside of the boundaries of acceptable political discourse once and for all.

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Apparently, We Don't Yet Know if Torture "Worked"

Larry Arnstein | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Larry Arnstein

We got famous all over the world as the big country that starts wars and tortures people. That's how well it worked.

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What?! Prosecution?! For War Crimes?!

Mike Malloy | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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Mike Malloy

Today, Obama opened the door just a crack for investigations and hearings to begin. It is now up to Congress and the nation's law enforcement division to either follow through or turn away.

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American Torture: I Know Who's Going to Pay

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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Michael Wolff

Because the torture was carefully rationalized, the documentation is going to be bureaucratic and meticulous.

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Refuting the Self-Fulfilling Torture Prophecy: A Response to Hayden and Mukasey

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Not torturing prisoners is one of our nation's proudest traditions, one of the features that define us. Yet, the men who served as CIA Director and Attorney General still believe in these techniques.

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Detainees Bemoan New Torture Policy

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

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Jacob Dickerman

Al Hussein sighed and looked at his abdomen, where there were no longer any bruises from being slapped. "I never would have become an Islamic Extremist if it weren't for the human rights abuses."

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"Daily Show" Takes On Torture Supporters (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

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(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO) Last week the Department of Justice released memos detailing techniques used for interrogation of terrorism suspects aka tort...

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Bye Bye Bybee

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Marty Kaplan

No matter how horrified we may be by the actions of Jay S. Bybee, John Yoo & Company, it is too convenient to distance ourselves from what they did by explaining it away as Rovian evil.

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Making Torture Lawful?

Allison Silver | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Allison Silver

Friedrich Schiller, who wrote Mary Stuartin 1800, knew why Bush administration officials would sign off on these infamous torture memos.

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Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

The UN has indicated that Obama's refusal to prosecute torturers may be a violation of International law.

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Time to End the Torture Experiment!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Coleen Rowley

Remember folks that all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing! There are only a few perpetrators but there are a lot of us.

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The Moral Measure of a Civilization Is in Its Treatment of Enemies

Scott Atran | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

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Scott Atran

The restoration of our reputation and standing in the world requires more than just a restatement of principles. It requires that those who violate those principles be brought to justice.

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Psycho: Bush's Willing Medical Torturers

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Simply releasing the documents about their embrace of torture has further soiled Bush and Cheney's legacy. But whether that is punishment enough is another matter.

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Obama Pardons Madoff

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

The message that Obama sends by refusing to even consider prosecuting CIA officers who may have committed war crimes, is that in the future, government officials can commit similar acts with impunity.

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