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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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The Lawyers Who Would Torture

David A. Love | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Tarp, George Bush, U.S. Economy, Law, Elizabeth Warren, Judges, David Cole, Economy, Books, Foreign Affairs, Economic Crisis, Rule of Law, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, CIA Torture, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, John Yoo, Foreign Policy, John Yoo Memo, Politics, Human Rights, Cia, Torture Memos, Torture, Books News
David A. Love

Throughout history we have witnessed the ways in which societies compromise their legal systems to oppress the many, benefit the few, and sanction the unconscionable.

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Ashcroft, Yoo Lawsuits: Ex-Bush Officials Sued Over Actions

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — High-ranking government officials are usually protected from claims that they violated a person's civil rights. In lawsuits stemmin...

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The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable -- A Must-Read.

William Fisher | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books

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William Fisher

In chillingly uncomplicated prose, Cole argues that these memos are the real "smoking gun" in the torture controversy because they demonstrate that the culpability lies not merely with the CIA interrogators.

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Yoo's Bad Lawyering, Not Investigations, Threatens CIA

Frank Naif | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Special Prosecutor, Torture Investigation, Cia, CIA Torture, Philadelphia Inquirer, John Yoo, John Durham, Eric Holder, Politics News
Frank Naif

Instead of using his op-ed soapbox to defend his own indefensible legal justifications of an immoral torture program, maybe Yoo should offer to take the investigative heat for the brave CIA men and women.

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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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Rethinking Taxi to the Dark Side: On Torture and the Mystery of Cheney Not Being in Jail

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Bagram, Dilawar, Bagram Detainees, Alex Gibney, Enhanced Interrogations, Rethink Reviews, Documentary, John Yoo, Jonathan Kim, Taxi to the Dark Side, Dick Cheney, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Bagram Air Base, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I can't for the life of me figure out why Dick Cheney is still walking around free and -- even worse -- continues to get airtime so he can spew lies about the utter awesomeness of American torture.

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The Torture Apologist's Fallacy

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Geneva Conventions, Torture-Apologist, Cia, John Yoo, George W. Bush, Richard Cohen, Dod, War Crimes, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

If a person in US custody is presumed innocent until proven guilty, then it does not matter whether or not torture works, does it? We don't torture innocent people, right?

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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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ReThinking Standard Operating Procedure: Yes, Virginia, We Really Do Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Kim

In light of a new report set to be released today from the CIA, I want to take another look at Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about torture at Abu Ghraib.

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Protesters Want UC Berkeley Law Professor Fired

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: UC Berkeley, John Yoo, Torture, Anti-War, Politics News

BERKELEY, Calif. — Anti-war activists protested Monday at the University of California, Berkeley to call for the firing of a law professor who c...

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Bush National Security Leaders Silent While Junior Spies Could Face Torture Charges

Frank Naif | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nadler Torture, Special Prosecutor, Torture Investigation, Jerrold Nadler, CIA Torture, John Yoo, Obama National Security, Eric Holder, Torture, George Bush, Politics News
Frank Naif

From the prosecution and investigatory perspective, torture prosecutions appear fraught from the beginning.

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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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John Yoo Pranked By Australian Comedy Team (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Via Boing Boing comes a video from the Australian comedy show "The Chaser's War on Everything," that shows a man dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner di...

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John Yoo: Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

Wall Street Journal | JOHN YOO | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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It was instantly clear after Sept. 11, 2001, that our security agencies knew little about al Qaeda's inner workings, could not detect its operatives' ...

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The Moral Failure of Our National Intelligence

Scott Atran | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

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Scott Atran

A new government report on the Bush administration's surveillance of personal commmunications reveals a familiar pattern of intellectual deafness and moral abuse of the country.

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How Iceland's Lawyers Enabled Fraud

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Michael Jackson, Legal Ethics, Lawyers, Legal-Ethics, Cheney, Iceland Economic Crisis, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, John Yoo, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Elvis Presley, Iceland Bankrupt, Dick Cheney, John Yoo Torture, John Yoo Memo, Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Banks, Investment Banks, Iceland Economy, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Ethics, Banks, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Iceland Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

The lack of clear ethical rules and the frontier justice mentality in Iceland continues to cause confusion and raise questions about the legal profession's ability to regulate itself in Iceland.

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Where Are They Now?

Nick Turse | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Tom Ridge, Scott Mcclellan, Andrew Card, Michael Mukasey, Donald Rumsfeld, Ari Fleischer, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Michael Chertoff, Bush Administration, Harriet Miers, Tommy Thompson, Henry Paulson, John Ashcroft, Karen Hughes, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News
Nick Turse

While times are tough for most Americans, one group is doing remarkably well. For former members of the Bush administration, the economic outlook remains bright and jobs are seemingly plentiful.

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Judge Rules Terrorist Can Sue Bush Admin Lawyer Over Torture Memos

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged t...

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John Yoo Ordered To Testify

New York Times | JOHN SCHWARTZ | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

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A federal judge has ruled that John Yoo, a former Bush administration lawyer who wrote crucial memorandums justifying harsh interrogation techniques, ...

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John Yoo: Obama Chose "Empathy Over Excellence"

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Obama Supreme Court Pick, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, John Yoo, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News

John Yoo, who wrote memos authorizing torture for President Bush, has penned a reaction to Sonia Sotomayor's supreme court nomination. The lawyer, who...

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Decanting the Truth

Jim Lichtman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Andrew Card, Jack Goldsmith, James Comey, President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Vice President Cheney, Jay S. Bybee, Torture, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

In a press interview regarding the Iraq war, Vice-President Dick Cheney was asked "Over 70 percent of Americans disagree with this war, what is your r...

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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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Colbert Hates Yoo: Takes On Philadelphia Inquirer For Hiring Torture Defender, Mocks Liberal Media For Terrible Puns (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.21.2009 | Comedy

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Yes, yes, I know, I did it again. In the grand tradition of using John Yoo's name to create dad-jokesque headlines, I too am to blame. But I never tor...

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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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