John Durham

Political Interference With Torture Investigations Is Un-American

Human Rights First | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Manadel-Al-Jamadi, Abu Ghraib Lawsuit, Cia, John Durham, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Human Rights First

Almost a decade after reports of death and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib and other sites came to light, the prosecutor appointed to look into some of these serious, criminal allegations is reportedly moving forward.

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Grand Jury Investigates Torture In Abu Ghraib Death

Time | Adam Zagorin | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Iceman, Aclu, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, Rick Santorum, Mark Swanner, Freedom of Information Act, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Manadel Al-Jamadi, War Crimes, American Civil Liberties Union, Cia, Abu Ghraib Torture, John Durham, Torture, Abu Ghraib Abuse, World News

It has been nearly a decade since Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner known as "the Iceman" — for the bungled attempt to cool his body and make him...

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Rule of Law Takes a Holiday While Bush Admits Torture and CIA Gets Off the Hook

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Torture, Justice Department, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, John Durham, George W. Bush, Torture, Politics News
Nan Aron

This week, along with the spectacle of former President George W. Bush bragging on national television about authorizing torture, federal prosecutor J...

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Latest CIA Interrogation Tapes Don't Tell the Whole Story

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Cia, Counterterrorism, Morocco, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, 9/11, Ramzi Binalshibh, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Department of Justice, Marcy Wheeler, Black Sites, War on Terror, John Durham, Secret Prisons, Torture, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Even if the newly released footage of Bin al shibh's interrogation in Morocco shows largely benign interrogations, we shouldn't forget that many of the videotapes that the CIA destroyed in 2005 documented serious abuse.

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Broder Sees Too Many Consequences To CIA Accountability

Washington Post | David S. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bush Administration, CIA Interrogations, Richard Nixon, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Eugene Robinson, Accountability, John Durham, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Politics News

My friend and fellow columnist Eugene Robinson has written a characteristically passionate and well-reasoned piece commending Attorney General Eric Ho...

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Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture vs. WWII

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torture Investigation, Nuremberg Trials, Human Rights, Cold War, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture, Wwii, Criminal Justice System, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Criminal Justice, John Durham, Veterans, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Despite public pressure from voices across the political spectrum, the Obama administration continues to sweep torture under the rug.

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"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rendition, Waterboarding, Detainees, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Interrogations, Torture, George W. Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, CIA Interrogators, Attorney General Eric Holder, Glen Beck, Robert F. Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Waterboard, Savak, CIA Torture Policies, Sean Hannity, CIA Prisoners, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, 9-11, CIA Inspector General, John Durham, Dina, Orden, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

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Torture Tape Probe Seen As Payback In FBI-CIA Rivalry

NY Times | Ariel Alexovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, CIA Tapes Investigation, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Tapes Destroyed, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Cia, Michael Mukasey, John Durham CIA Tapes, Deleted CIA Tapes, Attorney General Mukasey, Fbi, John Durham, CIA FBI Rivalry, Politics News

The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation tapes will be carried out largely by a...

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Veteran Prosecutor Takes Over CIA Probe

Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, CIA Interrogation Tapes, Michael Mukasey John Durham, Cia, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, John Durham CIA Tapes, Department of Justice, Attorney General Mukasey, Justice Department, John Durham, Politics News

For the high-profile, politically charged investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, the Justice Department is turning to a low-p...

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