Report by Debra Sweet, National Director of World Can’t Wait As I watched the Obama and Cheney speeches yesterday, I was rushing to a press conference called by the West Hollywood City…
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5-21-09 West Hollywood Press Conf. Newspaper Report/Photos
From Beverly Press | Original Article West Hollywood City Councilmember John Duran joined entertainment industry representatives andactivists last week at West Hollywood City Hall in a rally to urge President Barack Obama to…
CCR Guantanamo Attorneys Comment After Obama 5/21 Speech
From CommonDreams.org | Original Article NEW YORK – May 21 – Center for Constitutional Rights President Michael Ratner and Managing Attorney for CCR’s Guantanamo project Shayana Kadidal responded with disappointment to President…
How Torture Trapped Colin Powell
by Ray McGovern, May 18, 2009 From ConsortiumNews.com | Original Article Four days before trying to sell the invasion of Iraq to the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell was ready…
Letter to Obama from John Cusack
From The Huffington Post | Original Article Posted May 15, 2009 President Obama, On Wednesday you reversed your administration’s promise to finally release pictures of detainee abuse. The release of the photos…
Cheney’s Role Deepens
By Robert Windrem, May 21, 2009 From The Daily Beast | Original Article Former NBC News investigative producer Robert Windrem reports that the vice president’s office suggested waterboarding an Iraqi prisoner who…
The 13 People Who Made Torture Possible
Published on Monday, May 18, 2009 by Salon.com The Bush administration’s Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it….
Jesse Ventura on Waterboarding (Video)
Jesse Ventura states his opinions on waterboarding and Dick Cheney.
Song Protesting John Yoo
Song on Dean Edley’s complicity legitimizing Yoo prepared for the Berkeley Law School 2009 Graduation.
Disbarring 12 Torture Lawyers
On Monday, May 18, 2009, a broad coalition of organizations dedicated to accountablegovernment, and representing over one million members, fileddisciplinary complaints with state bar licensing boards against twelveattorneys who advocated the torture…
Report on Berkeley Law School Commencement Protest
On Saturday May 16, 2009, the Fire John Yoo protest at the UC Berkeley Law School Commencement furthered a visible resistance against torture in the Bay Area. With super-pickets (large backpack-like signs) displaying…
Funding for Guantanamo Bay Closure Dropped from Budget
By Mark Impomeni, 5/4/09 From Politics Daily | Original Article Republicans appear to have secured a major victory over the Obama Administration and the Democratic leadership of Congress on the president’s request…
UN Rights Chief Urges Obama to Prosecute Torturers
By Stephanie Nebehay From Reuters | Original Article GENEVA, May 14 (Reuters) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the election of the United States to the top…
Hawaii Public Radio Report on Honolulu Bybee Demo
Please click on the link for “Protestors disapprove visiting judge.” This was aired May 12, 2009.
CIA Outsourced Development of Interrogation Plan
By John Goetz and Britta Sandberg From SpeigelOnLine | Original Article The torture practices used in interrogations of al-Qaida prisoners were not developed by government officials in Washington, but by private security…