Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon

"Golden Shield" Doesn't Cover Condi's Torture Role

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


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.

Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

Spanish Judge Opens Investigation Into Gitmo, 'Systemic' Bush-Era Torture

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


MADRID — A Spanish judge opened a probe into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, pressing ahead W...