Bush Administration Torture

Obama Prompted To Prosecute Bush

New York Times | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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With few exceptions the transition period has been a model of presidential goodwill and cooperation. Apparently, the curious users who have been submi...

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Regarding Panetta: Let's Not Forget About Gates

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Department of Defense, Cia, National Security, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Central Intelligence Agency, Dni, Leon Panetta, Dianne Feinstein, Director of National Intelligence, CIA Torture, Leon Panetta Obama, Barack Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Bush Administration Torture, Panetta Torture, Obama Cabinet, Dennis Blair, Obama Appointees, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Torture, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Kristen Breitweiser

Placing an inexperienced person like Leon Panetta at CIA for his clean hands and "managerial expertise" will cost lives on the day of the next domestic terrorist attack.

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Welcome to George W. Bush Camp

Tina Dupuy | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, George Bush, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Vice President Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Bush Legacy Project, Bush Legacy, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Tina Dupuy

What is this group? It's none other than the George W. Bush Society. Their yearly gala (that happens every six months...'fuzzy math') is a riot!

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The Bush Presidency in Four Words

Bennet Kelley | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The one word Americans use most to describe President Bush is "incompetent." While no compliment, the word fails to convey the condemnation warranted by the last eight years.

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Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Pardons 14, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Obama Cheney, Cheney War Crimes, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

Why is Cheney so sanguine about admitting he is a war criminal? Because he's confident that either President Bush will preemptively pardon him or President-elect Obama won't prosecute him.

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Clint and Cheney: a Tale of Two Dicks

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, CIA Interrogations, Guantanamo, Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski, CIA Torture, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Clint Eastwood, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Enhanced Interrogations, Cheney Interview, Cheney Torture, Dick Cheney Iraq, Alberto Mora, General Petraeus, Carl Levin, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Torture, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

The VP and Eastwood's character are both gruff, prickly, taciturn, sandpaper-voiced men, given to conservative views, macho posturing, and a narrow view of right and wrong. And they both always seem on the verge of telling people around them to go f**k themselves. Read More Will The Madoff Debacle Finally End The "Who Could Have Known?" Era? Iraq. Fannie Mae. Citigroup. Bernie Madoff. When you look at the elements that were crucial to the creation of each of these debacles, it's amazing how much in common they all have. And not just in how they began but in how they ended: with those responsible being amazed at what happened, because...who could have known? Read More Watch: Arianna Talks New Media and Politics with Ashton Kutcher

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Bush Says "So What?" Cheney Says "So?"

Chris Durang | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Durang

Will we ignore the significant wrong-doing done in this administration? Will we end up with our own "So what?" and "So?" There must be accountability.

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Bush: On the Line

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, George Bush, Bill of Rights, Bush Administration Torture, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Department of Defense, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Enron, Auto Industry, Fannie May, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

President Bush and his henchmen are working overtime to ensure that the full extent of damage inflicted upon detainees never sees the light of day.

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Breaking the Law: Bush Officials Feel the Heat

David Wallechinsky | Posted 12.10.2008 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Maher Arar, Omar Khadr, Ali Al-Marri, Tom Morello, Massive Attack, Guantanamo, Torture, Bush Administration Torture, Terrorism, World News
David Wallechinsky

If you happen to be either a terrorist seeking martyrdom or a Bush official who authorized the torture of the accused and would prefer that testimony regarding the torture not surface in a trial.

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Way to Go, Obama!

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Russ Feingold, Obama Foriegn Policy Team, Obama Administration, Obama Foriegn Policy, Barack Obama, War on Terror, United Arab Emirates, Patriot Act, Bush Administration Torture, Obama Appointments, Bush Administration Foriegn Policy, Extrajudicial Renditions, Bush Foreign Policy, Fisa, President Elect Obama, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

What a delightful change after a regime of secrecy, classified documents, and withholding information not just from citizens, but the press. What a breath of fresh air!

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The Word from California

Larry Abrams | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Iraq, War Crimes, Financial Crisis, Economy, Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Politics News
Larry Abrams

While many Americans feel quite content in contesting the "Gay Agenda," far fewer consider themselves out and out bigots willing to deny other people basic Human Rights.

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Gitmo Gotcha, You Betcha

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Surveillance, Nsa, Civil Rights, Terrorism, Wiretapping, Torture, Gitmo, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Waterboarding, Extrajudicial Renditions, Detention Without Trial, Suspension of H, Yaser Esam, Extrajudicial Detention, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Illegal conduct implemented at Gitmo has now metastasized to the shores of the United States. Where is the outrage?

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Speaking of Torture

Temina Madon | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

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Was it just me, or did Fred Thompson's speech last night at the Republican National Convention sound like a report from Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo? At l...

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Legal Torture Is Still Wrong

Michael Schwartz | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

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Michael Schwartz

The fact is that the Bush Administration's legal maneuvering has won over American citizens to torture. The only viable argument against torture now is the moral argument.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

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Judge For Bin Laden's Driver Nixes Evidence Collected Under "Highly Coercive" Conditions

AP | MIKE MELIA | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, a prosecutor sai...

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Ashcroft Suggests CIA Started Torturing, Then Sought Legal Cover

Salon | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Much attention has been focused on the bizarre legal reasoning behind the Bush administration's "torture memos," a series of documents starting in Aug...

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Bush Rejected Ashcroft's DOJ Picks In Favor Of Torture-Legalizing Loyalist

Washington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in ear...

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Red Cross: CIA Tortured, Officials Could Be Guilty Of War Crimes

NY Times | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda priso...

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Confronting and Ending the Politics of Humiliation: Part 1, From the Warsaw Ghetto to Guantanamo Bay

Stephen Ducat | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Ducat

Those who comprise the current Republican administration are certainly not the first political rulers to deploy humiliation as a psychological weapon against those it perceives as a threat.

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What Will Happen to the "Unitary Executive" in the Next Presidential Term?

Charles Shaw | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Extra-Legal, Cheney, Unitary Executive Theory, Martial Law, Unitary Executive, Torture, Anti-Terror Legislation, Bush, Bush Administration Torture, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Charles Shaw

The policy of the "Unitary Executive" (which grants Bush unchecked power during national emergencies) was the "single most successfully implemented policy" of the Bush/Cheney administration.

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Script Doctors

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Bush Administration, Supreme Court Justices, Bush Administration Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, Antonin Scalia, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Torture, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

After the Court's ruling that Guantanamo detainees are now entitled to habeas corpus, all the president's men are working overtime so they can stack the deck strongly in favor of winning convictions.

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The Supreme Court Returns the Constitution to Guantánamo

Deborah Colson | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Deborah Colson

The Court has returned the Constitution to Guantánamo, where rules violate basic principles of justice and human rights. But the military commission system cannot be fixed with one good decision.

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Time for a Special Counsel to Investigate Bush Administration Use of Torture

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky

As hard as it is to pick the most egregious offenses of the Bush White House, officially sanctioning the use of torture is definitely on my top ten list.

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The Tortured Law on Torture

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Robert Scheer, Alberto Mora, Qahtani, Bush, Yoo, Gitmo, Torture, Bush Administration Torture, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Now comes news that charges have been dropped against the so-called 20th hijacker because the "evidence" he supplied under torture and later recanted is not credible enough to go to trial.

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