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. :::::::: […]
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 […]
Secret Torture Memos released
Secret Torture Memos have been released by the Obama Administration. These memos show the administration did willfully violate U.S. law and international laws and treaties by seeking to give legal cover for interrogation techniques that clearly cross the line into illegal treatment of detainees. Here are the memos by Jay Bybee and Steven G. Bradbury […]