Torture Report

Panetta Threatened To Quit, Got In "Screaming Match" Over Torture Probe

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


CIA Director threatened to quit over an potential criminal investigation of CIA torture, ABC News reported Monday. A "profanity-laced screaming match...

Jason Linkins

Release of 'Holy Grail' Torture Document To Be Delayed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


About a month and half ago, we made note of the way the stars seemed to be aligning for the release of ex-CIA Inspector General John Helgerson's class...

2004 CIA Inspector General Torture Report's Release Delayed Again

The Washington Independent | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


It was supposed to be a magical day: the day when, in response to an agreement reached in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the...

Graham Cites Debunked News Story As Proof Torture Works

The Plumline | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Hmm, not a great moment. While directing hostile questioning at a witness during the Senate torture hearing, GOP Senator Lindsey Graham cited an infam...

Jason Linkins

White House Preparing To Release "Holy Grail" Torture Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Greg Sargent's done an exceptional job plumbing this Washington Post piece from R. Jeffrey Smith, entitled "Hill Panel Reviewing CIA Tactics." Look a...

Red Cross Report: How Many Others Were Tortured?

Washington Post | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


The International Committee of the Red Cross's blistering, confidential 2007 report on the CIA's secret prisons is now available online, Web-published...

Red Cross Described 'Torture' At CIA Jails

Washington Post | Joby Warrick, Peter Finn and Julie Tate | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home


The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives "constituted t...