Click here for an audio transcript of this very interesting conference call in which Candace Gorman talks about the prisoners she represents who are being held in Guantanamo.
Category: Recent News
7-14-09 Will Attorney General Eric Holder’s Torture Probe Let Senior Bush Officials Off the Hook?
By Jeremy Scahill From AlterNet | Original Article Anti-torture lawyers argue that any investigation must target the whole torture system, including its legal architects and those who gave the orders. Lawyers from…
7-12-09 Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed
White House Has Resisted Inquiry By Carrie JohnsonFrom The Washington Post | Original Article Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel…
7-8-09 Is Texas Harboring a Torture Decider?
By Ray McGovern From OpEdNews | Original Article Seldom does a crime scene have so clear a smoking gun. A two-page presidential memorandum of Feb. 7, 2002, leaves no room for uncertainty…
7-1-09 To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old
By Charlie Savage From The New York Times | Original Article WASHINGTON — Civil libertarians recently accused President Obama of acting like former President George W. Bush, citing reports about Mr. Obama’s plans…
7-1-09 10 Most Wanted War Criminals
From Code Pink | Original Article Karl Rove Full Name: Karl Christian Rove Aliases: Turd Blossom, Boy Genius, MC Rove, Bush’s Brain Date of Birth: December 25, 1950 Occupation: Senior Advisor…
6-29-09 Cheney’s Top Torture Lawyers Now Work for Obama
By David Swanson From AfterDowningStreet.org | Original Article We’ve heard of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales, and maybe even Jay Bybee. Some of us recall John Ashcroft, Michael Mukasey, and even David…
6-27-09 White House Weighs Order on Detention
Officials: Move Would Reassert Power To Hold Terror Suspects Indefinitely By Dafna Linzer and Peter FinnProPublica and Washington Post Staff WriterFrom The Washington Post | Original Article Obama administration officials, fearing a…
6-23-09 What Bush Told Blair Could End the Wars
By David Swanson From AfterDowningStreet.org | Original Article In May 2005 we launched AfterDowningStreet.org to publicize the Downing Street Minutes. By June we’d had great, if fleeting, success. During the following months…
6-22-09 The Secret History
By Jane Mayer From The New Yorker | Original Article The Central Intelligence Agency typically fights distant enemies, but on May 21st its leaders were preoccupied with a local opponent. A few…
6-22-09 Bush officials: Where are they now?
The unemployment rate is high around the country – but not for former Bush officials. A guide to who’s cashing in By Nick Turse From Salon.com | Original Article Editor’s note: This…
6-15-09 Newly Released Detainee Statements Provide More Evidence Of CIA Torture Program
ACLU NEWS RELEASE CIA Continues To Suppress Information From Detainee Tribunals With Heavy RedactionsNEW YORK – The CIA today released still-highly redacted documents in whichGuantánamo Bay prisoners describe abuse and torture they…
6-14–09 Judge Allows Civil Lawsuit Over Claims of Torture
By John Schwartz From The New York Times | Original Article The decision issued late Friday by a judge in San Francisco allowing a civil lawsuit to go forward against a former…
6-11-09 ACLU Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure Of Still-Secret Torture Documents
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking thedisclosure of still-secret records relating to the torture of prisoners held by theU.S. overseas. The requested documents include legal…
6-8-09 DOJ Torture Emails-How the Times Could Have Reported the Story
From TPM | Original Article By Zachary Roth Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Justice Department lawyers agreed in 2005 that harsh interrogation techniques were legal. The impact of…