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Bush Lawyer: Prolonged Indefinite Detention Already Widespread
A flag waves behind the barbed and razor-wire at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Photo by AP.Richard Klingler: ‘the wartime framework underlying [these tactics] have settled well within the mainstream of the American tradition,’ setting the stage for ‘a broader … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Civil Liberties, Congress, Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Indefinite Detention, Terrorism
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Guantanamo Prisoners Shaming Washington
I can think of very little that is more disgusting than the words of a former commander of the Guantanamo facility (which I missed when they were uttered in June 2006). He said that three detainee suicides were not acts … Continue reading
Sherman DeBrosse : God, Guns, Gays and… Gitmo
Photo from WHDH.com. Adding the Fourth ‘G’ The idea is to make Democrats appear soft on terrorism and legitimize torture and abuses of civil liberties. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2009 Aside from reproductive issues, … Continue reading
Guantanamo : Bush’s Toxic Assets, Boogie Men and Political Prostitution
Photo by Shane T. McCoy / U.S. Navy. The Republican game plan is to make it look like Obama is about to empty the prison camp down in Cuba, and turn out the lights and let the terrorists be set … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Republican Party, Terrorism
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Preserving the Evidence of CIA Secret Detentions
The Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notice is read to a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 13. Photo by Airman Randall Damm, USN.CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret PrisonsBy William Fisher / April 17, 2009 NEW YORK — Lawyers for … Continue reading
Medicine and Torture: Bad Bedfellows
Handcuffs sit at the foot of a chair used for interrogation inside a cell in the maximum security Camp 5 at Camp Delta on May 9, 2006 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images.U.S. Medical Personnel and Interrogations: What … Continue reading
Many Innocents Still at Guantanamo — Will Obama Make It Right?
See A Prison of Words by Noah Feldman below. Ex-Bush Official to AP: Many at Gitmo Are InnocentMarch 19, 2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former Bush administration official says many Guantanamo detainees are innocent, and have been held … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Torture, War Crimes
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American Crimes Against Humanity Slowly See the Light of Day
Former Guantánamo prison guard Brandon Neely has come forward to air his feelings of guilt about how he and some soldiers treated the prisoners shortly after 9/11.Photo: Pat Sullivan/AP.Ex-Gitmo guard describes abuseBy Mike Melia / February 15, 2009 SAN JUAN, … Continue reading
Cleaning Up the Guantanamo Mess: Worthington Provides Some Valuable Details
How Cooking For The Taliban Gets You Life In GuantánamoBy Andy Worthington / February 01, 2009 Those of us who prefer justice to arbitrary and unaccountable detention without charge or trial were delighted when, last week, Barack Obama fulfilled a … Continue reading
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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