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Julian Hattem

ACLU Criticizes Obama Torture-Prosecution Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Wizner, Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Bush Administration Torture, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, Obama Administration, CIA Torture, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Jameel Jaffer, Barack Obama, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

On the same day that President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, the nation's foremost civil liberties group criticized his administration's refus...

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The Fall Of Greg Craig

TIME | Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Dick Durbin, Gregory Craig, George Tenet, Interrogation, Gregg Craig, Greg Craig, Uighur, Close Gitmo, Obama, Lawyer, Campaign, Interrogation Techniques, Democrats, Uighurs, Gitmo, White House, Closing Gitmo, Rahm Emanuel, Republicants, White House Counsel, Gop, Sleep Deprivation, Torture Memos, Politics News

Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially ex...

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

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, John Yoo, Beth El Synagogue, CIA Torture, Robert Delahunty, Torture Memos, Torture, Golden Shield, Politics News
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.

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Bush DOJ Official Agrees "Torture Memo" Lawyers Should Be Investigated

Nan Aron | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tortured Law, Department of Justice, Constitution, Eric Holder Attorney General, Attorney General, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Nan Aron

A change in leadership does not eliminate the need to examine our system and learn from our history, even when -- especially when -- our Department of Justice was corrupted to the point of sanctioning torture.

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Chevron Gets Fixed

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Ecuador, Angola, Chevron, Burma, Climate Change, Protest, Oil, Yes Men, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Torture Memos, Big Oil, Green News
Antonia Juhasz

On Sunday, Chevron became the first oil company to come under a Yes Men Audience Attack. Chevron was chosen because it's different from other oil companies.

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The Lawyers Who Would Torture

David A. Love | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Tarp, George Bush, U.S. Economy, Law, Elizabeth Warren, Judges, David Cole, Economy, Books, Foreign Affairs, Economic Crisis, Rule of Law, George W. Bush, Ponzi Scheme, CIA Torture, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, John Yoo, Foreign Policy, John Yoo Memo, Politics, Human Rights, Cia, Torture Memos, Torture, Books News
David A. Love

Throughout history we have witnessed the ways in which societies compromise their legal systems to oppress the many, benefit the few, and sanction the unconscionable.

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Torture Accountability at Last - for Peru

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Torture Investigation, Peru, Corporations, Monterrico Metals, Guantanamo, Bush Torture, Torture Memos, Eric Holder, Bush Torture Memos, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It is not cliche or radical to demand the U.S. hold our own torturers (at all levels) to the same level of accountability as British mining corporations.

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Philippe Sands, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Spain, Bush Prosecutions, David Addington, John Yoo, Justice Department, Eric Holder, World News, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics News, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Sami El-Leithi, Jamil El-Banna, Omar Deghayes, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, William J. Haynes II, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

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

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Jason Linkins

Further Adventures In Torture Equivalencies

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Julian Sanchez, Tony Blankley, Torture Documents, Torture Memos, Chris Matthews, Torture, Media News

The recently declassified torture documents have yielded ample food for thought, if you can stomach it. One of the more difficult revelations appears...

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Holding Holder's Feet to the Fire

Nan Aron | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Eric Holder Attorney General, Guantanamo Torture, CIA Torture, Bush Torture, Obama Torture, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Nan Aron

Attorney General Eric Holder is a man on a seat that is hot and getting ever hotter. But we still don't know if the lawyers who wrote the torture memos will be brought to justice.

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Tortured Logic

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, Jay Bybee, Government Accountability, John Yoo, Aclu, Steven Bradbury, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

2009-08-06-aclupull.jpgIn "Tortured Logic," a video released by the ACLU today, you'll hear well-known people like Oliver Stone, Rosie Perez and Philip Glass, read from those chilling Justice Department torture memos.

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Alberto Gonzales To Teach At Texas Tech

AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Texas Tech University, Gitmo, Texas, Gonzales, Bush Administration, Justice Department, Attorney General, Justice Department Scandal, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

LUBBOCK, Texas — Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political sci...

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Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Sere, Cia Inspector General Report, ACLU Accountability for Torture, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, Terrorism, President Obama, Abu Zubaydah, Fbi, CIA Torture, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Steven G. Bradbury, Breaking Politics News, Waterboarding, ACLU Torture, The Guantanamo Files, Cia Torture Memos, CIA Inspector General, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 Report into the interrogations of "high-value detainees."

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Jason Linkins

Former Waterboarders Join The Ranks Of The Unemployed (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington DC, Monica Conyers, Road Rage, Waterboarding, Torture Memos, Sarah Palin, New York Stock Exchange, Torture, Politics News

Ahh, this recession. It's brought so many people so much misery, what with the rampant unemployment and the fact that we're all not eligible for TARP...

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Judge Rules Terrorist Can Sue Bush Admin Lawyer Over Torture Memos

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Memos, Bush Administration, John Yoo, Torture, Jose Padilla, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged t...

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John Yoo Ordered To Testify

New York Times | JOHN SCHWARTZ | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Bush Lawyers, Bush Administration, John Yoo Memos, Torture Memos, Interrogation Memos, John Yoo, Home News

A federal judge has ruled that John Yoo, a former Bush administration lawyer who wrote crucial memorandums justifying harsh interrogation techniques, ...

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Report on Cheney Shows Why We Need The Truth

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Politics News, Vice President Dick Cheney, General David Petraeus, President Obama, Truth Commission, Dick Cheney Torture, Torture Memos, World News, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Did Dick Cheney knowingly send intelligence officials to Congress to mislead them about the use of waterboarding? Did the Vice President himself?

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No Way Around an Investigation in Moving Forward

Morton H. Halperin | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Enhanced Interrogations, Obama, Bush, Torture Memos, CIA Interrogation, Truth Commission, Torture, Politics News
Morton H. Halperin

The American public should hear directly, in open-door hearings, from victims of the detention, rendition, and torture.

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Petraeus Says U.S. Violated Geneva Conventions - What Will Cheney and Rush Say?

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Politics, Bush Administration Torture, Rush Limbaugh, General David Petraeus, Breaking Politics News, General Petraeus, Votevets, Torture Memos, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jon Soltz

I was stunned when Gen. Petraeus admitted today that the United States has violated the Geneva Conventions.

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

Naomi Wolf | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detainees Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Prisoner Abuse, Detainee Abuse Photos, Detainee Abuse, Abuse Photos, Obama Torture, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Naomi Wolf

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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Picking on Pelosi

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Colin Powell, John Boehner, Dick Morris, Rnc, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Steve King, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Mike Huckabee, Cia, Nancy Pelosi, Waterboarding, Pussy Galore, Newt Gingrich, Torture Memos, Gop, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

For all of the suspicion and projection upon her, Speaker Pelosi is really like a mom making her kids behave politely at a fancy restaurant.

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Torture by Any Other Name

Allen Keller | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Bush Torture, Torture Investigation, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News
Allen Keller

The recently released memos detailing interrogation methods authorized by the Bush Administration, demonstrate the critical need for an independent and comprehensive investigation.

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The Detention Election Game

Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Tom Coburn, Presidential Election, Charles Grassley, War on Terror, Prison, Oscar Goodman, Terrorism, Prolonged Detention, Barack Obama, Torture Memos, Politics News
Anne-Marie Cusac

Obama wants to win in November 2012. It's never too early for a campaigning Democrat to get tough on crime.

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Memory, War, and the Memory of War

Louis Bickford | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Memorial Day, Bush Torture, Cheney Torture, Torture Memos, Abu Ghraib, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News
Louis Bickford

Extreme violations of human rights in any context, including a war, are too important to forget. We want future generations to remember that we insisted on accountability for them.

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Jason Linkins

Ed Schultz Defends Obama Against Entire Cast Of Morning Joe (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Schultz, Video, Joe Scarborough, Guantanamo Detainees, Nancy Pelosi, Guantanamo, Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Torture Memos, Torture, Mark Halperin, Media News

Scarborough intimates that the Obama administration is "cherrypicking intelligence," which makes me wonder what he was doing in the run-up to the Iraq War.

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