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John McCain, Sarah Palin, and "Rights"

Kit Gallant | Posted 09.05.2008 | Home

Read More: War Is Hell, John McCain, Constitution, John Mccain Speech, Sarah Palin Speech, War on Terror, Sarah Palin, Rendition, Torture, Home News

Governor Sarah Palin's acceptance speech was the best horror movie I've seen in a long time. I came to this realization after Palin exclaimed that, "A...

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Bush Goes Looking for Relevance, A Legacy in Asia

Erika Fry | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thailand Insurgency, Burma, George W. Bush, Burma Junta, Myanmar, Myanmar Protests, Laura Bush Myanmar, Torture Southeast Asia, Rendition, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

While in Bangkok, Bush plans to meet Burmese activists, which may be his best last chance to reshape a legacy here, now dominated by his outsourcing of US torture to Thailand.

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And War Crimes for All....

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Excellent Reporting, Rendition, Detainee Abuse, Torture, War Crimes, Ircc, Politics News

Read this incredible article by Warren Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers 'The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and conc...

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Enough on Torture and Extraordinary Rendition for CIA

Frederick P. Hitz | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Cia, Extraordinary Rendition, Rendition, Politics News

The CIA is a wounded culture searching for ways to again become relevant in the fight against terrorism.

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A Double-Standard For Jordan?

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Jordan, State Department, Rendition, Politics News

When Jordan's King Abdullah II addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in March 2007, his speech was filled with words like peace and justice. ...

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Cashing in on the War on Terror

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Egypt, Military Aid, Human Rights, Indonesia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, War on Terrorism, Rendition, Department of Defense, David Petraeus, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Defense, Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, General Petraeus, Petraeus Iraq, Crocker, Politics News

On the day Petraeus and Crocker testify before Congress on Iraq, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.

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Where in The World Are Iraq War Movies Popular?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle of Algiers, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Box Office, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Mission Accomplished, Iraq War, Iraq War Movies, Iraq, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Hollywood has tried to make it easy for us by making its Iraq War films about us, and setting the action here, in the U.S. But we can't be bothered.

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Why Do You Torture Us, Canada?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Canada, United States, Black Sites, Rendition, Torture, Politics News

Oh Canada. Americans look up to you, both literally and figuratively. But your laid-back-ness and refusal to offend the powers that be in Washington can make us cringe.

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This is the Time For Lawyers to Speak

Naomi Wolf | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Miers Bolten Contempt, Alliance for Justice, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Unconstitutional, John Conyers, Karl Rove, National Lawyers Guild, Patrick Leahy, American Freedom Campaign, Rendition, Josh Bolten, American Lawyers Defending the Constitution, Center for Constitutional Rights, Harriet Miers, Congressional Oversight, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan Suspended Constitution, Mario Cuomo, Politics News

The need for leadership from lawyers in this country has never been greater. From wiretapping to torture to extraordinary rendition, the Bush administration has ignored and disrespected our Constitution and our laws.

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Congressional Leaders Briefed On CIA Waterboarding In 2002

Washington Post | Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Waterboarding, 2002, Cia, Democrats, Extraordinary Rendition, Rendition, Republicans, Politics News

In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent t...

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Beyond Guantanamo

Tram Nguyen | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

The civil liberties debate isn't only about the right to privacy and dissent and other good things citizens enjoy, but the integrity of the Constitution and the human rights of all persons under its jurisdiction.

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Rendition Victim Tries Again

William Fisher | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: Torture Victims Protection Act, Mahar Arar, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, 5th Amendment Rights, ICRC, Boeing Rendition, CIA Rendition, Condoleezza Rice, State Secrets Privilege, Ghost Detainees, Rendition Victims, The Center for Constitutional Rights, International Committee of the Red Cross, Arar Canada, Rendition, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

Mahar Arar went back to court last week, seeking to reverse a previous ruling barring him from suing the US Government for shipping him off to Syria, where he was jailed and tortured for close to a year.

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Key False Iraq Intel Was Obtained By Burying Prisoner Alive

ABC News | Stephen Grey | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Detainee, Rendition, Iraq, Afghanistan, Prisoner, Politics News

Sometimes the music was American rap, sometimes Arab folk songs. In the CIA prison in Afghanistan, it came blaring through the speakers 24 hours a day...

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Body of War

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.31.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War Films, Body of War, Michael Moore, Anti-War Movies, Phil Donahue, Toronto Film Festival, In the Valley of Elah, Movies About Iraq, Ellen Spirobattle for Haditha, Tommy Lee Jones, Rendition, Entertainment News

Hollywood's fast-moving popcorn-bucket brigade carries breaking stories from the newsroom to the editing room, seemingly overnight. Welcome to the industry's next new genre: the history-as-it-is-happening movie.

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Dozens Of "Ghost Prisoners" From CIA Jails Unaccounted For

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 10.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rendition, Extraordinary Rendition, Detainees, Overseas Prisons, Cia, Politics News

On Sept. 6, 2006, President Bush announced that the CIA's overseas secret prisons had been temporarily emptied and 14 al-Qaeda leaders taken to Guanta...

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An Open Secret

Steven Watt | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jeppesen Dataplan, Human Rights, Khaled El-Masri, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Rendition Victims, Dark Prison, Human Rights Abuses, Detainees, Rendition, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Human Rights Terror Suspects, Politics News

"It is no secret that my brother was kidnapped and flown to secret prisons, that he was repeatedly tortured and humiliated. It is no secret that he's now holed up in Guantánamo with no relief in sight."

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Rendition and the Modern Issue Film in an Era of High Broderism

Josh Bolotsky | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Hood, Jake Gyllenhaal, War Films, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Metwally, Broderism, Rendition, Torture, Politics News

Rendition more or less understands the environment in which it's being released and bucks this cinematic broderism at every turn, and if for only that, progressives should give it a modicum of respect.

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Reese Witherspoon On Her Politically-Charged New Film

AP | David Germain | Posted 10.16.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Rendition, Reese Witherspoon, Entertainment News

Before her latest film, if anyone had asked Reese Witherspoon what the term "extraordinary rendition" meant, she might have answered with a blank star...

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Meryl Streep: "I'm A News Junkie... It Would Be Nice To Have A Woman President"

The Times | Tim Teeman | Posted 10.07.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Meryl Streep, Christiane Amanpour, Entertainment News

Streep says she "had a lot of people in mind" when creating her character. "I'm a news junkie - C-Span, BBC, CNN." Journalists, she believes, "circled...

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Rachel Sklar on The O'Reilly Factor

Huff TV | Posted 09.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Rendition, First Amendment, Video, Rachel Sklar, Redacted, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

ETP editor Rachel Sklar chats with Bill O'Reilly about the latest crop of political films. ...

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