October 25, 2007, 8:20 am
The Caucus-Political Blogging from The New York Times
In His Words: Giuliani on Torture
By Michael Cooper
DAVENPORT, Iowa — At a town hall meeting here last night, Rudolph W. Giuliani expanded upon his views of torture. Here is a transcript of the exchange.
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Linda Gustitus, who is the president of a group called […]
October 4, 2007
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
By SCOTT SHANE, DAVID JOHNSTON and JAMES RISEN
This article is by Scott Shane, David Johnston and James Risen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited […]
The CIA’s torture teachers
Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics — likely with the approval of the Bush White House.
By Mark Benjamin
Salon Magazine
A detainee is escorted by military police at Camp 4 of the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Aug. […]
Commentary: Re-open investigation of Abu Ghraib
By Joseph L. Galloway | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Wed, June 20, 2007
We were reminded again this week that in this administration, no good deed goes unpunished, and that no scandal is so great that it can’t be hidden until it’s forgotten.
The sad spectacle that transpired inside the crumbling walls of […]
Annals of National Security
The General’s Report
How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties.
by Seymour M. Hersh June 25, 2007
On the afternoon of May 6, 2004, Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba was summoned to meet, for the first time, with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in his Pentagon conference […]
I’m Tinhorn…the pride-free man.
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Images: (Tinhorn) CF posted June 4, 2007 (pipe) vegassmokes.com; (hat) partypros.com; (torture chamber) rubinville.com
Just because the Bush administration employs the theories and practices of the Simpson’s Itchy ‘n Scratchy does not mean it is not dangerous.
These are mere excerpts from a column worth your time.
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The Gonzalez-Card caper: Why the Bush administration can not oversee itself
By Eric Mink
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Wednesday, May. 23 2007
It was crude and almost ludicrous: […]
We know this guy is a dog, but is he also an egomaniac? Or, is he a living proof of the futility of torture?
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In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by […]
The country has become very stupid, very fast if it believes Cully’s advice was not to have a desired effect.
THE WASHINGTON POST published this ‘mea cully’ from the man who made statements challenging the right of accused and–in this case–non-accused to have representation of council. Tears welled in my eyes as I read about […]
The Washington Post reports that W and his merry government have asked a Federal judge to prevent C.I.A. detainees from revealing to their own attorneys what method of “alternative interrogation” caused thm to spill the beans.
People who want to kill us are perforce dangerous, but tearing down 217 years of American beliefs will only […]