CIA Inspector Report released
http://www.cheneywatch.org/documents/torture/cia_oig_report.pdf Here is the long awaited report. Many new details have been released. We are reading the document and will elaborate the details here. And we will publish the news coverage related to this story. Stay tuned….
Is Eric Holder going to appoint a special prosecutor?
Reports are flying that Eric Holder has read the soon, supposedly, to be released, supposedly, CIA torture report. Will Eric Holder be compelled to investigate the torture program? At the same time we are reading that Dick Cheney instructed the CIA to withhold information to the Congress about a “program” that background talkers saying never […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Red Cross report now available – Danner on Maddow
Mark Danner appeared on Rachel Maddow to discuss the now released report from the International Red Cross Available here Danner’s journalism is top notch. Thanks Mark.
Mark Danner's appearance on Washington Journal
Mark Danner appeared on Washington Journal. Unfortunately I didn’t know until he was about half way through. He’s a solid reporter and knows his beat. But one of the key sections was responding to a caller who rattled off the pablum of the Bush apologists regarding the Geneva Conventions. Here’s Mark Danner’s recent article and