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 […]
CIA: Detainee’s Torture Drawings, Writings, “Should They Exist,” to Remain Top Secret
Wednesday 5 October 2011 by: Jason Leopold, Truthout (Image: JR / t r u t h o u t) In 2002, not long after he was subjected to so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” by Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, psychologists under contract to the CIA, high-value detainee Abu Zubaydah made about ten drawings depicting the torture he endured […]
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 […]
Amos Guiora-The Bagram Decision: Bad Law Bad Policy
Reprinted with permission from The Jurist – First JURIST publication link Listen to interview with Prof. Amos Guiora from this week’s show Listen to reading of Op-Ed and an interview on the Bagram Decision Listen Here Author of Freedom from Religion – Link Constitutional Limits on Coercive Interrogation – Link The DC Circuit Court’s recent […]
Torture Awareness Panel Discussion-Minneapolis, MN
Description The June 27th Panel will culminate a number of events for “June is Torture Awareness Month” Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:00pm – 5:00pm Plymouth Congregational Church 1900 Nicollet Ave. S (at Franklin) Minneapolis, MNThis calendar is produced by Tackling Torture At The Top (T3), a committee of W.A.M.M. We are formed to call for […]
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 […]
Center for Constitutional Rights- The Torture Team
This site is a must see for accountability resources. Thanks to the Center for Constitutional Rights for this work.
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 […]