Waterboarding Torture

GOP Candidates Advocate Torture

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 01.19.2012

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Marjorie Cohn

At last week's debate, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann defended waterboarding. The United States has long considered waterboarding to be torture.

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Bush's Lawyers

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Froomkin

Bush's Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls For Criminal Probe

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday joined a growing chorus in the human rights community calling for a special prosecutor to...

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Medical Torture and the Definitions of Sin

Donna Schaper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Donna Schaper

Breaking news that physicians were involved in medical experiments on people already being tortured leads us again to a place beyond right and wrong. That place is called sin.

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Mancow Waterboarded (VIDEO): Conservative Radio Host Say It's Torture

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erich "Mancow" Muller, a Chicago-based conservative radio host, recently decided to silence critics of waterboarding once and for all. He would underg...

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Obama vs Cheney: Future vs Past

Darin Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Darin Murphy

Cheney filled his time speaking with fear-induced anger, inaccurate claims, righteous indignation and cheap shots at Europe.

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Sam Stein

Waterboarding Not Discussed At CIA Briefings, Congressional Aide Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A senior aide to another member of Congress briefed by the CIA around the same time as Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells the Huffington Post that the use of ...

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Yes, National Review, We Did Execute Japanese for Waterboarding

Paul Begala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Begala

It's kind of awkward to argue that waterboarding is not a crime when you hanged someone for doing it to our troops.

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Basic Algebra: What Will the Verdict Be?

John Cusack | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Cusack

Try them, and let a jury decide. We know ours is not a nation of cowards. What will our leaders do?

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Sam Stein

Holder: If My Independence Is Compromised, I'll Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Midway through the day, Eric Holder's confirmation hearings have contained moments of contention and lightheartedness. But the one thread that stands ...

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Sam Stein

Holder: Waterboarding Is Torture, And The President Can't Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The major hoopla surrounding the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General has focused on his role in the pardoning of tax-cheat fugitive Marc Ric...

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The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One)

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Cheney's version of the truth on interrogations does not stand up to scrutiny, and features ten lies that should not be allowed to pass without further comment and analysis.

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Red Cross: CIA Tortured, Officials Could Be Guilty Of War Crimes

NY Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda priso...

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CIA Boss: Waterboarding May Be Illegal

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN and PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Debate over waterboarding flared Thursday on Capitol Hill, with the CIA director raising doubts about whether it's currently legal ...

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UN Says Waterboarding Should Be Prosecuted As Torture

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said ...

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Three Men Waterboard Themselves And Tell The Terrible Tale

Wall Street Journal | YOCHI J. DREAZEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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One night last month, Jean-Pierre Larroque drove into the desert here, lay down in the road and waited for one of his best friends to waterboard him. ...

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