Released Torture Memos

Sam Stein

IG Report: Waterboarding Was Neither "Efficacious Or Medically Safe"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A CIA inspector general's report from May 2004 that is set to be declassified by the Obama White House will almost certainly disprove claims that wate...

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Sam Stein

Bush Torture Memos Released By Obama: See The Complete Documents

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Expedience and the Torture Amnesty

David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Bromwich

Obama comments on the release of the torture memos to assure the country that a dark age has passed. At the same time, he is careful to assure the agents of that darkness that they will be exempt from prosecution.

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Sam Stein

Bush Torture Memos: Commercial Diets Used As Justification

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an effort to rationalize the use of dietary manipulation on detainees, Bush administration officials turned to Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. In a fo...

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Jason Linkins

Rush Limbaugh Begins Slapping Himself On-Air To "Simulate Torture" (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rush Limbaugh read the torture memos and got inspired to perform a brief act of self-torture and strenuous exercise, just like the old-timey radio por...

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Sam Stein

Bush Memo Footnotes Define Waterboarding As Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With reporting by Stuart Whatley A Bush administration memo from 2005, intended to establish a legal basis for aggressive interrogation techniques, c...

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Secret Torture Memos to Be Released

nytimes.com | Mark Mazzetti | Posted 05.25.2011

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After a tense internal debate, the Obama administration this afternoon will make public a number of detailed memos describing the harsh interrogation ...

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