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Congress To Keep Detainee Abuse Photos Hidden

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a mov...

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Busted, Pentagon: Why The Photos Probably Do Show Detainees Sodomized and Raped

Naomi Wolf | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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Is systemic sex crime practiced by the US in a consequence of the lawlessness of "the war on terror" surprising to those of us who work on issues of sexual abuse and war? It is totally predictable.

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Supreme Court: Top U.S. Officials Can't Be Sued By Former Detainee For Post-9/11 Abuse

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he w...

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McCain Backs Obama Detainee Photo Decision

The New York Times | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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Senator John McCain on Thursday welcomed President Obama's decision to oppose the release of photographs documenting prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghan...

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US Detainee Abuse Drove Prisoner To Brink Of Insanity, New Documents Show

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing i...

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Iraq, Guantanamo Torture Proven By Medical Exams: Report

AP | JAMAL HALABY | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

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AMMAN, Jordan — Four years after his release from Abu Ghraib, Ali al-Qaisi has nightmares and insomnia he blames on injuries _ physical and psyc...

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