From DemocracyNow.org | Original Article (See original article for video version). ANJALI KAMAT: We turn now to the issue of torture. On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder appointed veteran federal prosecutor John…
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8-25-09 Seven Points on the CIA Report
By Scott Horton From Harper’s Magazine | Original Article You can catch my review of the CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s report on BBC’s “The World” or on MSNBC’s Live with Carlos…
8-24-09 First Reactions to Torture Report from CCR Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal
From Center for Constitutional Rights | Original Article Today saw the long awaited release of a report by the CIA’s Office of Inspector General (the agency’s internal watchdog) investigating the use of…
8-24-09 ACLU on Release of CIA Torture Report
From ACLU | Original ArticleRelease Of CIA Torture Report Underscores Need For Full Investigation, Says ACLU NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to conduct a preliminary…
8-24-09 Torture and Academic Freedom
Click here to read this debate in The New York Times as to whether John Yoo should be fired.
8-22-09 Bombshell report on CIA interrogations is leaked
By Peter Beaumont From guardian.co.uk | Original Article CIA interrogators threatened a captured al-Qaida leader with a power drill and a pistol in what was described as a mock execution, according to…
8-20-09 Blackwater: CIA Assassins?
By Jeremy Scahill From The Nation | Original Article In April 2002, the CIA paid Blackwater more than $5 million to deploy a small team of men inside Afghanistan during the early…
8-14-09 Cheney’s New Gambit
By Ray McGovern From ConsortiumNews.Com | Original Article The stenographers of the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) are missing the most obvious explanation for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s widely reported “disappointment” with former…
8-9-09 A Talk With Andy Worthington
Click here for an audio transcript of a conference call with Andy Worthington, author of the Guantanamo Files and numerous articles exposing the abuse and torture of those the U.S. has designated…
8-7-09 Admin asks SCOTUS to block photos
by Josh Gerstein From Politico | Original Article The Obama Administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the public release of detainee abuse photos that were the subject of a high-profile reversal…
8-4-09 Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
By Jeremy Scahill From The Nation | Original Article A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of…
8-4-09 Hotel Guantanamo: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave
By Andy Worthington From AlterNet | Original Article The Obama administration is still refusing to release prisoners who have been found to pose no threat to the U.S. What is going on?…
7-26-09 Cheney’s defense of the indefensible
By Robyn E. Blumner From the St. Petersburg Times | Original Article Dick Cheney was the ultimate puppet master. The former vice president had a direct hand in the administration’s most unconscionable…
7-26-09 Secrets of CIA ‘ghost flights’ to be revealed
Guantánamo detainee’s lawyers hail UK air firm’s U-turn that allows rendition case to go to court By Jamie Doward From Guardian.Co.UK | Original Article Protest in support of Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed…
7-24-09 The Risks of a Partial Prosecution
By David Swanson From AfterDowingStreet.org | Original Article If Attorney General Eric Holder creates a special prosecutor for torture but forbids him or her to prosecute the lawyers who facilitated torture…