http://thinkprogress.org…
Think Progress by Faiz Shakir
OBAMA: Yes. I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn’t torture, and I’m going to make sure that we don’t torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America’s moral stature in [...]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk…
George W Bush is considering issuing pardons for US spies embroiled in allegations of torture just before he leaves the White House.
By Tim Shipman in Washington
Last Updated: 5:20PM GMT 15 Nov 2008
Senior intelligence officers are lobbying the outgoing president to look after the men and women who could face charges for following his orders in [...]
http://www.harpers.org…
By Scott Horton
Gene Burns is one of the nation’s most popular talk radio hosts. For years he has dismissed accounts of torture; America, he has said, does not torture. But last night, after watching Torturing Democracy and realizing that he had not understood how important and serious an issue torture had become, Burns abruptly changed [...]
President Bush’s dog bites Reuters reporter
Did Julie Myers leak Obama “aunt-gate” information?…
“someone” used their position of authority to illegally disclose - for political reasons - the status of President Obama’s aunt as “illegal.”
Now, only several days later, Julie Myers steps down as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). No reason is provided.
CIA Torture [...]
http://rawstory.com…
Nick Juliano
Published: Friday November 7, 2008
The Bush administration is doing everything it can to delay compliance with a court’s order that the Pentagon turn over pictures of prisoners abused in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new court filing.
A three-judge appeals court panel in September ordered the administration to turn over 87 photographs depicting abuses [...]
http://crooksandliars.com…
Crooks and Liars by Cernig
On Wednesday, the Washington D.C. Circuit Court gave the CIA permission to keep secret unredacted transcripts in which 14 prisoners now held at Guantánamo Bay describe abuse and torture they endured in CIA custody - without even looking at the evidence itself. (h/t Kat)
http://www.independent.co.uk…
Attorney General to investigate abuse claims
By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
Friday, 31 October 2008
Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the Attorney General is to investigate allegations that a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured, after being arrested and questioned by American forces [...]
http://www.alternet.org…
By Robert Fisk, Independent UK
Posted on October 25, 2008, Printed on October 25, 2008
Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait when they interrogated him in Baghdad only months before the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Hitherto secret documents which are now [...]
http://rawstory.com…
AFP
Published: Tuesday October 21, 2008
Canadian officials played an “indirect” role in the wrongful jailing and torture of three Canadian nationals in Syria and Egypt, an inquiry said Tuesday.
The probe, led by retired Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci, began in March behind closed doors to determine if the trio was mistreated abroad and whether Canadian authorities [...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk…
The Bush administration’s approval of the abuse of detainees is a toxic legacy for the next US president
Philippe Sands
The Guardian, Saturday October 18 2008
As the US presidential election reaches a climax against the background of the financial crisis, another silent, dark, time bomb of an issue hangs over the two candidates: torture. For now, there [...]
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