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Jay Bybee, Torture Memo Author, Creates Fund To Fight Possible Impeachment

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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The federal judge who helped draft Justice Department memos on torture has set up a legal defense fund to pay the costs of defending against possible ...

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"Golden Shield" Doesn't Cover Condi's Torture Role

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, John Yoo, Beth El Synagogue, CIA Torture, Robert Delahunty, Torture Memos, Torture, Golden Shield, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

It was Condoleezza Rice who verbally approved the CIA's request to subject the first alleged al-Qaeda terrorist to waterboarding in July 2002.

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Philippe Sands, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Spain, Bush Prosecutions, David Addington, John Yoo, Justice Department, Eric Holder, World News, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics News, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Sami El-Leithi, Jamil El-Banna, Omar Deghayes, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, William J. Haynes II, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

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FLASHBACK: Ted Kennedy Vs. John Ashcroft (VIDEO)

Attackerman | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, Senate Judiciary Committee, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Justice Department, Ted Kennedy, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

As we dig through the latest rounds of torture disclosures, it's instructive to remember a moment from June of 2004. In the aftermath of the Abu Ghrai...

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Tortured Logic

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, Jay Bybee, Government Accountability, John Yoo, Aclu, Steven Bradbury, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

2009-08-06-aclupull.jpgIn "Tortured Logic," a video released by the ACLU today, you'll hear well-known people like Oliver Stone, Rosie Perez and Philip Glass, read from those chilling Justice Department torture memos.

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Cheney and Torture

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abuse, Charles Krauthammer, John Yoo, George W. Bush, Rule of Law, Guantanamo, David Addington, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, American Enterprise Institute, Jay Bybee, Constitution, Dan Froomkin, Benjamin Franklin, Torture, Gop, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Cheney and his ilk don't understand liberty, and they don't understand freedom, what it costs and what it's worth. They are small men and cowards, selling out the rule of law at the first whiff of danger.

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We Can't Handle the Lie!

Shannyn Moore | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Jay Bybee, Germany, Waterboarding, Terrorists, Nuremberg Trials, Torture, John Yoo, Guantanamo Torture, Obama, Dick Cheney Torture, Tokyo Tribunals, David Addington, Bruce Springsteen, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

If a picture tells a thousand words, the pictures now being held back by Obama, scream volumes. Their testimony demands the light of day much like the men in our containment.

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How Can You Not Have Bush, Cheney and Gonzales Prosecuted?

Martin Garbus | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney Torture, Waterboarding, Bush Prosecutions, Cheney Torture, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Martin Garbus

The question is no longer, should you, or can you, prosecute them for authorizing torture. The question is, how can we say we live under a system of law and not have them prosecuted.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 7, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Jay Bybee, Wolf Blitzer, Chris Matthews, Labor Law Reform. Blackwater, John Yoo, Doritos, Unions, Steven Bradbury, Torture Memos, Torture, Media News

Earlier this week, Rachel Maddow discussed the ongoing saga of the torture memos, and how the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsib...

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Torture Memo Author Advocated Presidential Pardons, Jury Nullification

Murray Waas | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Eric Holder, John Yoo, Torture Memos, Torture, Home News
Murray Waas

A Bush administration attorney who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects advocated in 2006 that President Bush set aside recommen...

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Jason Linkins

Maddow: Torture Memo Authors Should Go To Jail (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, Rachael Maddow, Video, Steven Bradbury, Jay Bybee, Michael Isikoff, Bush Torture, John Yoo, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Media Monitor Brian C. directs attention to a segment from last night's edition of the Rachel Maddow Show, in which the host responded to the recent n...

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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Condi Rice, Msnbc, Harpers, Television Torture, Philip Zelikow, Truth Commission, CIA Torture, 9/11 Commission, Jack Balkin, John Yoo, Sheldon Whitehouse, Moveon Special Prosecutor, John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Cenk Uyger, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Horton, Waterboarding, Pat Leahy, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Youtube Politics, Youtube Media, Media News
Ari Melber

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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Sam Stein

MoveOn Ad Calls For Bybee's Impeachment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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Weighing further into the debate over the use of torture by the Bush administration, MoveOn.org released a video on Thursday calling for the impeachme...

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Ryan Grim

Leahy Calls On Bybee To Testify On Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Patrick Leahy, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Jay Bybee finds it "frustrating" that he hasn't been able to speak publicly about his role in authorizing torture when he was a top lawyer in the Bush...

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Bybee and Peterson: Two Mormons, Two Different Ethics On Torture

Ann Wright | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Jay Bybee, Cia, D.C., Washington, Eric Holder, Torture, Politics News
Ann Wright

Jay Bybee, for supporting policies of torture, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Alyssa Peterson, for saying no to torture, is dead, perhaps by her own hand.

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Jay Bybee Stands By Bush Torture Memos: No Regrets

New York Times | NEIL A. LEWIS | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Judge Jay S. Bybee broke his silence on Tuesday and defended the conclusions of legal memorandums he had signed as a Bush administration lawyer that a...

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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

Read More: Obama Torture Commission, Torture Ten, Jay Bybee, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, Cheney Torture, John Ashcroft, David Addington, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Michael Kieschnick

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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Ryan Grim

California Democrats Call For Criminal Investigation Of Bybee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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The California state Democratic Party called for a "vigorous investigation" into the "possible criminal actions of Judge Jay Bybee and others" on Sund...

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The "Beautiful Kidnapper" and Other Simple Responses to Torture Arguments

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, 24, Jack Bauer, Torture, Ticking Timebomb, Beautiful Kidnapper, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The next time somebody mentions the 'ticking time bomb' scenario, hit 'em with 'the beautiful kidnapper' - then ask them if they believe in marriage and the family.

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Krugman: Bybee Is A Typical "Movement Conservative Apparatchik"

The New York Times | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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Adam Serwer writes about Jay Bybee's attempt to get off the hook: So Bybee knew he was breaking the law in allowing the use of torture, but you have ...

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Jay Bybee Wasn't Proud Of Torture Memo Outcome, Friends Say

Washington Post | Karl Vick | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, Bush Administration, White House Lawyers, Torture Memos, Politics News

On a Saturday night in May last year, Jay S. Bybee hosted dinner for 35 at a Las Vegas restaurant. The young people seated around him had served as hi...

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Why the Torture Memos Matter

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Vice President Dick Cheney, Torture Memos, John Yoo Torture, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

Throughout the nation's history, our leaders have rejected the use of torture. This is based, in part, on a recognition that our strength as a nation emanates from the values and principles we uphold.

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Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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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Torture Used to Link Saddam with 9/11

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Waterboarding, Saddam Hussein, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

Obama's intent to immunize those who violated our laws banning torture and cruel treatment violates the President's constitutional duty to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."

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Jay Bybee's Rules at Home: "Be Nice. Don't Hit." Bybee's Rules for the CIA: Torture Prisoners

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Bybee seems to be against corporal punishment at home, but has no problem with slamming prisoners against walls, locking people in boxes and simulating drowning.

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