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Does Bush Believe McCain Was Tortured? »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months ago in News
In all the discussion of John McCain's recently recovered memory of a religious epiphany in Vietnam, one thing has been missing. The torture that ...
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McCain's Integrity, We Hardly Knew Ye »
Posted by: Neophile 2 months, 1 week ago in News
For me, this surreal moment - like the entire surrealism of the past ten days - is not really about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama or pigs ...
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Rice Admits She Led High-Level White House Talks About Torture »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has admitted for the first time that she led high-level discussions beginning in 2002 with other senior Bush administration officials ...
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A Ticket to the Hague for Dick Cheney? »
Posted by: Neophile 4 days, 9 hours ago in Politics
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 ...
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TORTURINGDEMOCRACY »
Posted by: jovial 3 weeks, 5 days ago in News
A documentary on torture. Here' s the entire thing. Please watch and feel free to comment.
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Wife beating a common complaint »
Posted by: omerazam 4 months ago in News
Wife-beating was the most common crime dealt
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Obama's plans for probing Bush torture »
Posted by: engineer 4 days, 4 hours ago in News
President Bush could pardon officials involved in brutal interrogations -- but he may also face a sweeping investigation under the new president.
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Bill Moyers: Torture on Trial »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
JANE MAYER: Well, I think they knew they were being asked about torture. I mean, they danced around the question. They've redefined the term ...
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American Credibility on Trial »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months ago in News
One of the youngest detainees at Guantánamo Bay, a 23-year-old Afghan named Mohammed Jawad, spent two days in a courtroom here last week as his ...
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Guantanamo prosecutor quits, citing ethics concerns »
Posted by: ameliog 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
The departure would make at least four Guantanamo prosecutors who have left the job with misgivings about the fairness of the process, which has drawn ...
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A guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking »
Posted by: berkeley 3 days, 19 hours ago in Politics
Coercive interrogation: Can any Bush officials be prosecuted for the policies that paved the way for secret imprisonment, rendition to other countries that torture, or ...
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ACLU Obtains CIA Memos Authorizing Torture »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
As long as CIA agents could convince themselves they were not deliberately inflicting severe pain or suffering on detainees, they were free to do virtually ...
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Obama on 60 Minutes: No Torture, No Gitmo (Video) »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 day, 19 hours ago in Politics
In his first television interview since being elected President, Barack Obama talked about a range of personal, economic and foreign policy issues on "60 Minutes ...
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RNC Speakers Refuse to Admit McCain Was Tortured »
Posted by: Neophile 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
I've noted the bizarre locution Bush used last night to describe the torture endured by John McCain. I hope the press corps will follow ...
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Bush chooses to keep Guantanamo open, officials say »
Posted by: ameliog 4 weeks ago in News
Despite his stated desire to close the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President George W. Bush has decided not to do so, and ...
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