Torture

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Duty vs. Conscience at Gitmo: A Former 9/11 Prosecutor Speaks Out

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Torture, Michael Horrocks, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Stuart Couch, Detainee, Torture, Politics News

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch says alleged 9/11 conspirator Mohamedou Ould Slahi was tortured at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay.

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Torture Trading Cards Feature Bush, Cheney, Et Al

Mother Jones | Michael Mechanic | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Constitutional Rights, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo Bay, Trading Cards, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

It was only a matter of time. Remember those Operation Enduring Freedom trading cards that Topps put out in 2001? And who could forget those Iraq's Mo...

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Reagan's Deputy AG Calls For Expanded CIA Probe

The Raw Story | John Byrne | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Bruce Fein, Ronald Reagan, Cia, Gop, Justice Department, CIA Probe, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News

In an interview late Tuesday, Bruce Fein, an Associate Deputy Attorney General during President Ronald Reagan's administration, said the Justice Depar...

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Bruce Fein On CIA Torture Investigation: "My Objection Is It's Much Too Narrow," Needs To Include Cheney (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Torture, Cia, Cheney, Doj, Bruce Fein, Hardball, Torture Investigation, Eric Holder, Politics News

Bruce Fein, a former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan, made a couple of important points tonight on Hardball regarding the inv...

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Did the Washington Post's Richard Cohen Scare the "#!#!" Out of You?

David Danzig | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Dia, How-to-Break-a-Terrorist, Eric Maddox, Matthew Alexander, CIA Torture, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Richard Cohen, Iraq, Stuart Herrington, Torture, Politics News

Why would U.S. interrogators choose to use torture when other techniques have proven to be so much more effective?

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Joe Klein Is Now Warblogging With Critics, Forever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Joe Klein, Idiots, Blogging, Bloggers, Torture, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Klein is upset about all the mean things being said about him on the Internet, and the litigation of his hurt feelings is somehow considered news by Time, for reasons passing understanding.

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Hypocrisy Alert: Cheney Relies on the Objectivity of the Justice Department to Defend Torture

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia Governor, Alberto Gonzales, Monica Goodling, u.s. Attorneys Scandal, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Dick Cheney Torture, Regent University, Lisa Ling, Justice Department, Wall Street Journal, u.s. Attorneys, Jim Jones, Dick Cheney, Rendition, Lakhdar Boumediene, Euna Lee, New York Times, Washington Post, National Security Adviser, U.S. News and World Report, Kyle Sampson, Robert Mcdonnell, Pat Robertson, North Korea, Torture, Justice-Department-Politicization, Politics News

The gall of Cheney's statements is that he was a key part of the administration that deconstructed the objectivity of the Justice Department, which he now relies on to defend the use of torture.

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McCain Backs Torture as Recruiting Tool for Al Qaida; Policy Led to the Deaths of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

Matthew Alexander | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, War on Terorrism, Cheney, Interrogation, Torture, Politics News

I was the first to say that the policy of torture and abuse was directly linked to U.S. deaths in Iraq. It's a hard pill to swallow, but true.

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Do the Torture Investigations Affect Effectiveness and Morale?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Motivation, Cia, Torture Investigations, CIA Morale, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Under Cheney's torture theory, police officers shouldn't be investigated for use of excessive force because they might hesitate to use it in the future. Isn't that why the investigations are necessary?

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McCain Denies Giving OK To CIA Torture Tactic

TIME | MIchael Scherer and Bobby Ghosh | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Harsh Interrogations, Cia, John McCain Torture, Torture, Politics News

U.S. Senator John McCain, a torture survivor from his days as a captive during the Vietnam War, says his private comments about harsh interrogation me...

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Torture Rules: How Much Pain and Suffering Works for You?

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Torture, Michael Wolff, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Torture, Politics News

So what is our policy on torture? What's allowed?

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Fix the Field Manual

Stephen Rickard | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, CIA Interrogation Tapes, Bush Administration, Cia, Obama Administration, Enhanced Interrogations, Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News

President Obama and the Interrogation Task Force deserve high praise for making a decisive break with Bush Administration practices, but some forms of torture remain on the books.

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An Example to All the World

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Assassination, Bush Administration Torture, Democracy, Death Threats, Warrantless Surveillance, Pakistan, Torture, World News

I entered my cab and began a conversation with my driver, a middle aged man of my vintage who informed me he was of Pakistani descent.

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Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture? (VIDEO)

Posted 09.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Video, The Onion, Minotaur Torture, Torture, Political Humor, Satire, Comedy News

The "Onion" begged the question this week of who should be held accountable for the "Minotaur Maze" used under the Bush administration as an "enhanced...

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An Obama Rendition Scenario

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detention, Terrorism, Satire, Barack Obama, Rendition, Torture, Habeas Corpus, Secret Prisons, Bush Rendition, U.S Rendition Policy, Obama Anti-Torture, Obama Rendition, Politics News

Obama recently ratified continuation of the U.S. rendition policy. Amazingly, I just received a recording from the near-future of an interrogation conducted under the new kinder, gentler rules. Let's listen in.

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The Scapegoat's Apology

Robert Koehler | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Collective Responsibility, Conscience, Lynndie England, War, My Lai Massacre, Atonement, William Calley, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News

William Calley has apologized for his role in the My Lai massacre; now it's time to atone.

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Report Reveals Cheney Misled About "Trained Interrogators"

Rawstory.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, CIA Interrogations, Cia, GuantáNamo Bay, Obama Administration, Cia Report, Dick Cheney and Torture, Torture, Politics News

Since Monday, when the CIA released a significant part of those documents -- a 2004 CIA inspector general's report on torture practices -- there has b...

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CIA Kept Detainee Awake For Six Straight Days, Memos Show

AP | PAMELA HESS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cia Memos, CIA Detainees, Cia, CIA Detainee, Interrogation Tactics, Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tac...

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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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Cheney Sets "Semantic Trap" For Media, Media Blunders In Headlong

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Torture Documents, IG Report, Media Criticism, CIA IG Report, Torture, Dick Cheney, Media News

Earlier this year, Dick Cheney called for the declassification of two CIA documents that he said would vindicate the use of torture in the war on terr...

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If a Tree Falls in the Forest, is it Alright to Torture?

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Cheney, Torture, Politics News

This latest revelation of the horrors endorsed and probably conceived by that administration is insupportable, once digested.

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Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture vs. WWII

Shahid Buttar | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Investigation, Nuremberg Trials, Human Rights, Cold War, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture, Wwii, Criminal Justice System, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Criminal Justice, John Durham, Veterans, Politics News

Despite public pressure from voices across the political spectrum, the Obama administration continues to sweep torture under the rug.

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What's the Big Deal?

Jane Smiley | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Bush Administration, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Gitmo Torture, Bush Torture, Cia Memos, Gitmo, Dick Cheney, Republicans, Torture, Jane Smiley, Politics News

Make no mistake, if we as a nation sweep the Bush crimes, committed both here and abroad, under the rug because we're too lazy or afraid or "poor" to investigate, our criminals will be back with bigger plans.

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At Best, A Baby Step Toward Justice For Bush's Torturers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Prosecution, Holder Torture, Obama Torture, Holder, Eric Holder, Torture, Obama Holder, Politics News

When it comes to the Bush torture regime, President Obama famously wants to look forward, not backward. But if the wrong lessons have been learned, th...

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