Tag Archives: Torture

Cheney Admits to Torture Role; Says He’d Still Waterboard

Vice President Dick Cheney says he approved waterboarding at Guantanamo. If I said what I’d like to say on reading this (and hearing it all day), the NSA agents who are monitoring this board would be sending the Secret Service … Continue reading

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War Crimes Prosecutions: It’s About Us, Not Them

It’s not about them…it’s about us: Why We Must Prosecute Bush And His Administration For War CrimesBy Mike Ferner / December 16, 2008 During the rush to get the Nuremberg Tribunals underway, the Soviet delegation wanted the tribunal’s historic decisions … Continue reading

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MSM Silence About Torture, War Crimes Makes Them Complicit

What I am saying here is that we need to muster all the noise we are able to bring these bastards to justice. We cannot let these crimes go unpunished. Every day, we are uncovering new revelations of the depth … Continue reading

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Senate Report on Torture : Blood on Rummy’s Hands

Rummy the Impaler. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg / UPISenate places blame on Rumsfeld:‘The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of “a few bad apples” acting on their own.’By Joby Warrick / December … Continue reading

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Andy Worthington On Addressing the Bush Administration Legacy of Torture

Eric Holder, Obama’s choice for Attorney General.Obama and Holder Must Return to a September 10th Mind-SetBy Andy Worthington / December 8, 2008 During the election campaign, one of the sticks with which John McCain’s team attempted to beat Barack Obama … Continue reading

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Junior’s Legacy: Hundreds of Needlessly Dead Americans

Clinton Fein’s latest exhibition, Torture, which opened at Toomey Tourell Gallery in San Francisco in January 2007 is a shocking and defiant exploration of America’s approach to torture under the Bush administration. A series of staged and digitally manipulated photographic … Continue reading

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Tom Hayden : Frankenstein in Mesopotamia

Frankenstein’s monster, played by Boris Korloff, from the original 1931 movie. The monster the U.S. is leaving behind in Baghdad is a police state.‘The most important things, some say, are the things left unsaid. If so, the unmentionable thing would … Continue reading

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Human Rights Watch Wants Obama to Ban Torture

Activists Seek Executive Order Banning TortureBy Wolfgang Kerler / November 17, 2008 NEW YORK – Shutting down the infamous detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is just one of a series of measures to reform U.S. counterterrorism practices being urged by … Continue reading

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Guantanamo Torture : CIA Officers Could Face Trial in Britian

‘British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured after being arrested and questioned by American forces.’By Robert Verkaik / October 31, 2008 Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the … Continue reading

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Canada: Where Torture Is Condemned

Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci found that Canadian security services probably contributed indirectly to the torture in Syria of three Arab Canadians suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. Photo: Chris Wattie/ReutersPrejudice in a post-9/11 worldBy Haroon Siddiqui / October … Continue reading

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Condi Rice: Just Another BushCo War Criminal

Rice Admits She Led High-Level White House Talks About TortureBy Jason Leopold / September 30, 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has admitted for the first time that she led high-level discussions beginning in 2002 with other senior Bush administration … Continue reading

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Extraordinary Rendition: The Grief Isn’t Yet Over

Rendered to Egypt for torture, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni is released from GuantánamoBy Andy Worthington / September 6, 2008 News that three more prisoners have been released from Guantánamo is cause for celebration, as all three men should never have … Continue reading

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