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From Those Who Know : Torture Just Doesn’t Work
Artist: Fernando Botero / truthout.Tortured reasoning: The tactical errors of prisoner abuse.By David Rose George W. Bush defended harsh interrogations by pointing to intelligence breakthroughs, but a surprising number of counterterrorist officials say that, apart from being wrong, torture just … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bush Administration, Bush Legacy, CIA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Interrogation Techniques, Terrorism, Torture, US Intelligence, War on Terror
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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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Tagged al-Qaida, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Torture, War Crimes, War on Terror, Waterboarding
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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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Tagged Bush Administration, Congress, Department of Defense, Guantanamo, Rumsfeld, Torture, War on Terror
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Winning the War on Terror: Not in Afghanistan
An Afghan policeman destroys poppies in March. ICOS proposes using the poppies for medicine.Report: Taliban ‘noose’ around KabulDecember 9, 2008 LONDON, England — The Taliban insurgency is widening its presence in Afghanistan and “closing a noose around Kabul,” an international … Continue reading
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
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
Mumbai LeT Terrorists May Have Trained in Iraq
I want to explain my headline. It is now known that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are responsible for the Mumbai attacks. It is also know that the LeT have been active in the insurgency in Iraq since 2004. Although specific training … Continue reading
Spain an Accessory to CIA Rendition Flights
Afghan detainees are walked to a Chinook helicopter for transport bySpecial Operation Forces. Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty. “However, if, for unseen reasons, an emergency landing were necessary, the U.S. government would like the Spanish government’s authorization to use one of our … Continue reading
Cole: Six Mistakes After 9/11 That India Can Avoid
Targeted locations of the bombings across Mumbai. Photo: Daily Mail.India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush-Cheney RoadBy Juan Cole / November 30, 2008 Many Indians have called the attacks in Mumbai “India’s 9/11.” As an American who lived in India, … Continue reading
Maryland State Police Spying: One Victim’s Story
The most telling fact concerning this story is that it appeared in the UK Guardian and on a quiet Web site for an environmental group in Seattle, Grist.org. This entire matter of the Maryland State Police spying has been routinely … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Groups, Police State, Police Tactics, War on Terror
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