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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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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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Sam Stein

Press Reduces Torture Investigations Into Partisan Warfare

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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News that President Obama is open to having an independent commission investigate the use of torture during the Bush years is undoubtedly the story of...

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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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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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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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Sam Stein

Bush Torture Memos Released By Obama: See The Complete Documents

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

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As part of an ongoing court case, the Department of Justice released on Thursday memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel between 2002 and 2005, de...

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Brennan Keeping Obama Admin From Releasing Torture Docs

Harpers | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

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In response to Freedom of Information Act requests, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel was slated to release four closely guarded mem...

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Basic Algebra: What Will the Verdict Be?

John Cusack | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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John Cusack

Try them, and let a jury decide. We know ours is not a nation of cowards. What will our leaders do?

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Guantanamo Abuse Worse Since Obama: Detainee Lawyer

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the ca...

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Leahy Lays Out Case For Truth Commission In Time

Time | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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More than 30 years ago, a special Senate investigation peered into abuses that included spying on the American people by their own government. The fi...

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Nominating America To Be The World's Designated Driver

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

The Obama administration should follow through on initial gains and adopt as bold an approach for reimaging America abroad as it has taken towards ameliorating the financial crisis.

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The Beginning of the End?

Gabriel London | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Gabriel London

With prisons running at just under double capacity for the last decade, judges have ruled that California has been unable to meet the health and mental care needs of its whopping 157,000 inmates.

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DOD Gitmo Statements At Odds With Obama Administration

Plum Line | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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Here's a key question: Will the existence of Bush-era holdovers in the Defense Department impede the Obama administration's vow to make a clean break ...

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Accountability...and Its Opposite

Elizabeth Goitein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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Elizabeth Goitein

Obama has concluded that there are some subjects that we just don't get to know about -- which means there are some areas where the government may break the law with impunity.

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Feingold Slams Obama For Extraordinary Rendition Decision

The Plum Line | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Senator Russ Feingold is sharply criticizing the Obama administration over its controversial decision to maintain the Bush administration's position i...

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Obama Maintains Bush Position on 'Extraordinary Rendition' Lawsuit

ABC News | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Datap...

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Officials: Obama Will Continue Using Rendition As Counter-Terrorism Tool

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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The CIA's secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to being a win...

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Torture Case Tests Obama's Secrecy Policy

Washington Independent | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's sweeping reversals of torture and state secret policies are about to face an early test. After Obama issued an executive order and ...

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Judge Gives Obama Time To Weigh In On Detainees

AP | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has decided to give the Obama administration time to weigh in on some of the legal cases brought by terror detainee...

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Obama's Decisive Break with Bush's "War on Terror" Policies

Andy Worthington | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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Andy Worthington

Obama's new Orders are a bold start, but more detail is required, dangerous loopholes must be shut off permanently, and other parts of the Bush administration's dark legacy need to be swiftly addressed.

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Ex-CIA Official: Torture Ban A "Great Leap Forward"

Washington Independent | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama took a major step toward undoing the interrogation and detention policies of the Bush administration on Thursday, issuing four ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Official: Closing Gitmo Won't Be Easy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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At a briefing with a senior White House official on the topic of closing of Guantanamo Bay, one gets the sense that the process will be far more compl...

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Obama's Guantánamo Mistake: He's Not Closing Gitmo the Right Way

Brandt Goldstein | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Brandt Goldstein

Obama has issued an executive order to shut down the prison. That alone is not enough. An executive order can be changed -- easily.

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Gone-tanamo Bay: the Right Decision

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Rep. John Murtha

The problem with Guantanamo was never about its bricks and mortar. The problem with Guantanamo is that its very existence stains and defies the moral fiber of our great nation.

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