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Bush Attorneys Who Wrote Terror Memo Face Backlash
By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer – Thu May 7, 2009 From Yahoo News | Original Article SAN FRANCISCO – Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys…
Spanish Judge Opens Probe into Guantanamo Torture
April 29, 2009 From AFP | Original Article MADRID (AFP) — A Spanish judge on Wednesday opened an investigation into an alleged “systematic programme” of torture at the US Guantanamo Bay detention…
New Evidence of Torture Prison in Poland
EUROPE’S ‘SPECIAL INTERROGATIONS’ New Evidence of Torture Prison in Poland By John Goetz and Britta Sandberg, April 27, 200l From SpiegelOnline | Original Article The current debate in the US on…
The US Must Prosecute Torturers
by Hasan Arif April 27, 2009 From Telegraph Journal | Original Article Thirty-five years ago, Watergate was the ultimate political scandal in the United States. Democrats and progressives railed against what they…
Obama Backtracks on Torture Probe
Obama Tells Lawmakers in Private Meeting He Won’t Support Torture Probe By Jason Leopold From The Public Record | Original Article Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:18 By Jason LeopoldPresident Barack Obama has…
Obama open to torture memos probe, prosecution
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer – Tue Apr 21, 7:40 pm ET From Associated Press | Original Article WASHINGTON – Widening an explosive debate on torture, President Barack Obama on…
Spain Investigates What America Should
by Marjorie Cohn From San Francisco Chronicle | Original Article A Spanish court has initiated criminal proceedings against six former officials of the Bush administration. John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, Alberto…
Ex-Terror Detainee Says U.S. Tortured Him
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Department of Justice to Recommend Bar Association Action Against Five or More
From LA Progressive | Original Article by Charley James posted on Thursday, 2 April 2009 The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility will recommend state bar associations take disciplinary measures against at…
War Crimes and Double Standards
By Robert Pary March 8, 2009 From InTheseTimes.com | Original Article New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof–like many of his American colleagues–is applauding the International Criminal Court’s arrest order against…
3/17/09 President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?
By Jeremy Scahill From AlterNet.org | Original Article For those already outraged at the AIG bonus scandal, here is a fact that should add more fuel to the fire: The Obama administration…
NLGSF Files Complaint With California State Bar Against William Haynes
From National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Chapter | Original Article Former Department of Defense General Counsel Recommended Torture, Harsh Interrogation Techniques San Francisco – The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area…
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities
From WhiteHouse.gov | Original Article EXECUTIVE ORDER — REVIEW AND DISPOSITION OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THE GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE AND CLOSURE OF DETENTION FACILITIES By the authority vested in me as…
Are We Civilized Enough to Hold Our Leaders Accountable for War Crimes?
Are We Civilized Enough to Hold Our Leaders Accountable for War Crimes? The World Is Watching | Original Article By John W. Dean, FindLaw.comPosted on January 24, 2009, Printed on March 24,…