Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial
By Andy Worthington While Rodriguez — like John Yoo, Jay S. Bybee and senior Bush administration officials, up to and including the president — have never been criminally prosecuted, it is uncertain whether, overall, the apologists for torture are winning. Despite their protestations over the years, they have no proof that torture worked. :::::::: […]
Enhanced Interrogation: A Non-Thing
Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry claimed they would reinstate illegal programs that have been dismissed by experts as ineffective and illegal. They have sought to foster the ignorance in the Republican party that comes with a belief in a non-thing. This non-thing is called, “enhanced interrogation”. Each of these people continue an insult […]
Author of Torture Memos Admits Some Techniques Were Not Approved By DOJ
Thursday 15 July 2010 by: Jason Leopold, reprinted from TruthOut.org (make sure to support TruthOut with a donation today) Jay Bybee, who as a senior Justice Department lawyer signed two memos in 2002 authorizing CIA interrogators to torture “war on terror” prisoners, told a congressional panel that more than a half dozen other brutal methods […]
Human Experimentation at the Heart of Bush Administration’s Torture Program
Reprinted with permission (and creative commons) from TruthOut.org Don’t forget, it is very important to support independent journalist sites like TruthOut.org by Jason Leopold – Sunday, June 6, 2010 High-value detainees captured during the Bush administration’s “war on terror,” who were subjected to brutal torture techniques, were used as “guinea pigs” to gauge the effectiveness […]
Guantanamo Review Task Force Report is out.
Guantanamo Review Task Force – Download Report Guantanamo detainee report is out. It states that 126 detainees should be sent back home or handed over to a third party country. The report states that 36 should be prosecuted and that 48 be detained further under “laws of war”. The 30 Yemenis are left in limbo until […]
Video of Matthew Alexander from Daily Show Dec 2008
In preparation for our interview with Matthew Alexander, we’ll be posting videos and articles to understand the context of his book, “How to break a terrorist”. This is Matthew Alexander from Daily Show in December 2008. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Matthew Alexander www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes […]
Cheney gets his wish, sorta
http://www.cheneywatch.org/documents/torture/cia-ksm-docs08242009.pdf The documents Cheney requested are now released, redacted of course, and they do little to foster his view. Reading over the reports above, its clear to see that normal interrogation techniques were clearly productive. There is no portion of these reports, unredacted portions, that defend Cheney’s views on torture as necessary and fruitful. If […]
Whitehouse Condemns Nation's "Descent into Torture" During Bush Years
Sheldon Whitehouse laid the truth on the Senate floor the other night: Full text from Sen. Whitehouse site at Senate.gov June 9, 2009 Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I wish to now change the subject and speak about an incident that is not part of anybody’s proud heritage and that is the evidence we have recently […]
Remarks of US Senator Carl Levin at the Foreign Policy Association
Thank you, Tim, for that introduction, and my thanks to the Foreign Policy Association for inviting me to be here tonight. It is an honor to speak to the members of an organization who have added so much to our nation’s foreign policy debate over the years. With Video
Carl Levin shoots down Cheney's Memo memes
Remarks of US Senator Carl Levin at the Foreign Policy Association Thank you, Tim, for that introduction, and my thanks to the Foreign Policy Association for inviting me to be here tonight. It is an honor to speak to the members of an organization who have added so much to our nation’s foreign policy […]