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Dick Cheney Admits to Torture Conspiracy
If the U.S. had a functioning criminal justice system for the powerful, former Vice President Dick Cheney would have just convicted himself with his Sunday comments.
Consortium News / Robert Parry
On Sunday, Cheney pronounced himself “a big supporter of waterboarding,” a near-drowning technique that has been regarded as torture back to the Spanish [...]
Biden: Cheney ‘not entitled to re-write history’
David Edwards and Gavin Dahl/Raw Story
The Sunday morning talk shows heated up this morning with Vice President Joe Biden firing back at former Vice President Dick Cheney’s criticisms.
Earlier, Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that Biden was “dead wrong” in his recent assertion that a 9/11-style attack wasn’t likely in the near future. Biden responded on [...]
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Nostalgia for Bush/Cheney radicalism
Glenn Greenwald/Salon
So that’s where the American consensus now lies. The practices used by Britain, Spain, India and Indonesia (and the Reagan administration) of treating Terrorists as criminals and convicting them in normal courts — with due process — is too fringe Leftist for the United States, which has spent decades sermonizing to the rest [...]
International Criminal Court Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Rice, Gonzales
afterdowningstreet.org
Hat tip: Linda
INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANTS REQUESTED
Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales (the “Accused”) [...]
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U.S. spy chief in spotlight after botched plane attack
REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair faced tough questions about his future on Wednesday as the Obama administration fended off criticism over the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on December 25.
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White House hits back at Cheney, blames Bush for security failures
Daniel Tencer/Raw Story
‘Obama doesn’t need to beat his chest’ to prove US is at war, White House says
The White House has issued a stinging rebuke to Dick Cheney after the former vice president accused President Barack Obama of trying to “pretend” that the US isn’t fighting a war against terrorists.
FAA and NORAD Changed Records to Accord with Cheney Lies
emptywheel | 911 Truth
Via: Firedoglake.com
A senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and outdated–geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists. Most significantly, Farmer reveals that FAA and NORAD altered their chronologies of [...]
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Crooks and Liars: Lawrence O’Donnell Rips into Liz Cheney For Dover AFB Criticism
Firedoglake: BREAKING: Cheney FBI Interview Notes Released
In May of 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney was questioned by federal investigators about his role in the leak of Valerie Plame’s identity. Today, in response to a court order resulting from a suit brought by CREW, [...]
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A senior Iranian lawmaker says Iran may consider withdrawing from the NPT if the Western powers continue to pressure the Islamic Republic to relinquish its inalienable right to enrich uranium to produce nuclear fuel.
Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Russ Feingold (D-WI), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) announced today that they will introduce the [...]
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