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Leon Panetta’s CIA : Getting Away With Torture
CIA Director Leon Panetta at his ceremonial swearing-in on Feb. 19, 2009. Photo by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters.Hope Abandoned:Obama Protects CIA Torture Memos By Chris Floyd / April 11, 2009 It was obvious from the moment that Barack Obama appointed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, CIA, Leon Panetta, Obama Administration, Torture, War Crimes
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Dems Are Complicit If They Don’t Prosecute
Read the Nuremburg Principles !! The Democrats and anyone who is unwilling to condemn and prosecute those responsible for what has happened at US hands are complicit in the crime. Give us justice, you immoral cretins politicians !! Richard Jehn … Continue reading
Lest We Forget That There Is Unfinished Business with a Few Stray War Criminals
Fake Faith and Epic CrimesBy John Pilger / April 2, 2009 These are extraordinary times. With the United States and Britain on the verge of bankruptcy and committing to an endless colonial war, pressure is building for their crimes to … Continue reading
Another Almost Forgotten Story of a Silent Hero
Alice Coy cries for help as she holds her hand over the head wound of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall, who had been shot in the head moments earlier in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 11, 2003. Thomas Hurndall, … Continue reading
The Israelis Are Having Their Own Winter Soldier
Israel troops admit Gaza abuses An Israeli military college has printed damning soldiers’ accounts of the killing of civilians and vandalism during recent operations in Gaza. One account tells of a sniper killing a mother and children at close range … Continue reading
Many Innocents Still at Guantanamo — Will Obama Make It Right?
See A Prison of Words by Noah Feldman below. Ex-Bush Official to AP: Many at Gitmo Are InnocentMarch 19, 2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former Bush administration official says many Guantanamo detainees are innocent, and have been held … Continue reading
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Canada Allows War Criminal in to Speak
Canada breaking the law by hosting war crimes suspect George W. Bush By John Mcnamer / March 18, 2009 The Canadian government has knowingly allowed the violation of both Canadian domestic law and international human-rights law by failing to stop … Continue reading
The Problem Is That the Democrats Will Implicate Themselves If There Are Prosecutions for Torture
“I Was Only Following Orders!” Being serious about torture. Or not.By William Blum / March 5, 2009 In Cambodia they’re once again endeavoring to hold trials to bring some former senior Khmer Rouge officials to justice for their 1975-79 war … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimes Against Humanity, Criminal Justice, Torture, War Crimes
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The Machiavellian Game of Distraction: Will It Continue with Obama?
Bagram Air Force Base, AfghanistanObama’s Guantanamo? Bush’s Living Legacy at Bagram PrisonBy Karen J. Greenberg / March 5, 2009 Just when you think you’ve woken up from a bad dream… When it comes to offshore injustice and secret prisons, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Criminal Justice, Indefinite Detention, War Crimes, War on Terror
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America’s Unpleasant Tendency to Bury the Past
Agent Orange Landscape. This area was defoliated with dioxin at the request of the South Vietnamese. The VC were attacking their training bases nearby from the hills. It now looks a bit like Scotland. Photo source.Obama please note: Those who … Continue reading
Bush Visits Calgary: Just $400 a Seat to Hear Him
Paying to hear Dubya weighing in on world challenges he made considerably more dire is like Dick Cheney charging for safe hunting tips. Dinner footwear may be optional By Bill Kaufmann / February 19, 2009 I really hope he shows … Continue reading
