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Fixing the Facts and Legal Opinions Around the Torture Policy

The Case for 'Looking Forward' to the Impeachment of Jay S. Bybee...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/22/2009 -
9:48 am PT

15 Comments

Vet Caller to Rush: ‘You’re a Brain-Washed Nazi’

Republican Army, Marine vet slams Limbaugh for support of torture, blames him for McCain loss

They're eating their own...

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Brad Friedman,
4/7/2009 -
4:25 pm PT

15 Comments

Prosecute or Perish: A Follow-Up

If waterboarding was a war crime when the Japanese did it to my father, why isn't it a war crime anymore?...

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Ernest A. Canning,
4/6/2009 -
9:39 am PT

5 Comments

Prosecute or Perish

Why the survival of our Constitutional Democracy may hinge on factually justified criminal prosecutions of the Bush/Cheney cabal...

[UPDATED: Spanish prosecutors file complaint calling for arrest of Bush 'torture attorneys']

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Ernest A. Canning,
3/25/2009 -
5:05 am PT

24 Comments

Tough-on-Crime Groups Cut to the Chase

Sign on to demand non-partisan special counsel, immediate prosecution of Bush, Cheney and other former senior administration officials...

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David Swanson,
2/26/2009 -
6:05 am PT

3 Comments

Senate to Probe Legality, Effectiveness of Bush Torture Policies

'This is going to be big,' says Sen. Whitehouse

UPDATED: Hearing now scheduled for Wed., March 4th...

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Brad Friedman,
2/25/2009 -
10:13 am PT

9 Comments

LA Times ‘Punked’: Obama NOT Continuing Bush ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Program

Scott Horton says paper conflated Dubya's program of kidnap, long-term foreign imprisonment and torture with older, less-nefarious anti-terror tool...

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Brad Friedman,
2/2/2009 -
11:41 am PT

18 Comments

UN Attny: U.S. is Required to Bring Bush, Rumsfeld to Court for Torture Programs

Says international law, convention obligates Obama government to begin criminal investigation or extradite to country that would prosecute

Congressional Democrats indicate willingness to proceed with investigations...

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Brad Friedman,
1/24/2009 -
5:30 pm PT

7 Comments

Photo of the Moment: Changing of the Guard

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Brad Friedman,
1/23/2009 -
12:24 pm PT

5 Comments

Holder: Waterboarding is Torture, Torture is Illegal

AG Nominee Now Locked in to Prosecuting Bush Crimes, Says Swanson...

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Brad Friedman,
1/15/2009 -
1:06 pm PT

15 Comments

If Bush and Cheney Commit War Crimes and Everyone Knows It, But Does Nothing, Are They Still Crimes?

Constitutional Law Professor Charges Citizenry With Responsibility for Bringing Accountability...

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Brad Friedman,
12/18/2008 -
5:06 pm PT

34 Comments

Colbert Video: ‘Blame Monica Goodling’

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Brad Friedman,
8/14/2008 -
12:51 pm PT

9 Comments

Video: Jane Mayer on Terror Politics And War Crimes after 9/11

A Former Condi Advisor Told Her, 'Fear And Anxiety Were Exploited by Zealots And Fools'

Evidence Piles Up on Role of David Addington, 'Cheney's Cheney'

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Jon Ponder,
7/19/2008 -
1:47 pm PT

16 Comments

Conyers Asks John Yoo If a President Could Order a Suspect Buried Alive

Yoo Refuses to Answer the Question...

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Jon Ponder,
6/26/2008 -
9:27 am PT

14 Comments

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Articles in Category: Torture

The Case for 'Looking Forward' to the Impeachment of Jay S. Bybee...

Republican Army, Marine vet slams Limbaugh for support of torture, blames him for McCain loss

They're eating their own...

If waterboarding was a war crime when the Japanese did it to my father, why isn't it a war crime anymore?...

Why the survival of our Constitutional Democracy may hinge on factually justified criminal prosecutions of the Bush/Cheney cabal...

[UPDATED: Spanish prosecutors file complaint calling for arrest of Bush 'torture attorneys']

Sign on to demand non-partisan special counsel, immediate prosecution of Bush, Cheney and other former senior administration officials...

'This is going to be big,' says Sen. Whitehouse

UPDATED: Hearing now scheduled for Wed., March 4th...

Scott Horton says paper conflated Dubya's program of kidnap, long-term foreign imprisonment and torture with older, less-nefarious anti-terror tool...

Says international law, convention obligates Obama government to begin criminal investigation or extradite to country that would prosecute

Congressional Democrats indicate willingness to proceed with investigations...

AG Nominee Now Locked in to Prosecuting Bush Crimes, Says Swanson...

Constitutional Law Professor Charges Citizenry With Responsibility for Bringing Accountability...

A Former Condi Advisor Told Her, 'Fear And Anxiety Were Exploited by Zealots And Fools'

Evidence Piles Up on Role of David Addington, 'Cheney's Cheney'

Yoo Refuses to Answer the Question...

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