Bush Admits Condoning Torture
ABC News reports that Bush knew that Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell, and Tenet met and authorized the use of specific torture techniques on particular prisoners. This astounding admission has gotten...
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Supreme Court Allows Prisoners to Die Painfully
The Supreme Court chose to OK lethal injections again. In reaction, Kentucky, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Florida got excited about killing people again. Meanwhile, Bush tells the Pope that...
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Four Years Later, Still No Justice for Abu Ghraib
Today marks four years since the public release of the Abu Ghraib photos. New photos keep emering, and despite a mountain of evidence, not one major leader in the chain of command has been brought to...
View ArticleSupreme Court says “prompt” habeas hearings are Guantánamo detainees’ right
The good: Boumediene ruling (Supreme Court says “prompt” habeas hearings are Guantánamo detainees’ right. They have a right to habeas corpus. Really this time. No, really. No, no, really. At least...
View ArticleFormer DoJ lawyer refuses to rule out burying people alive
When asked at a recent Congressional hearing, John Yoo–chief legal architect of the Bush torture policy and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal...
View ArticleProsecutor for International Criminal Court Seeks Arrest of Sudanese President
Today, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo filed for an arrest warrant for current Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al Bashir for genocide, crimes...
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Torture in Cook County, Illinois
Routine abuse by guards, horrendous conditions, and serious mismanagement at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, according to a federal report (link; p. 10-18 especially) released today. Death threats,...
View ArticleUK Parliament: US non-torture assurances are unreliable
EXCERPT from a UK multi-party parliamentary report published July 20, 2008 (complete report here): 49. In 2005, President Bush said that “we do not torture.” … 53. We conclude that the Foreign...
View ArticleAP: Obama DoJ Unlikely to Prosecute Torture Cases
Nov. 17, 1973: President Nixon told the Associated Press that “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” (Go to article) Nov. 17, 2008: The Associated...
View ArticleCall the Senate today! Ensure new Attorney General knows what torture is!
Our Nation’s Chief Lawyer Must Make A Clear Statement Against Torture This Thursday, January 15th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to decide whether nominee Eric Holder should be...
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