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Officials: Cheney Criminal Probe Mandated by Law

Rep. Nadler on Fox, Sen. Whitehouse on MSNBC agree, no legal choice but to investigate torture allegations, wherever they may lead...

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/4/2009 -
1:40 pm PT

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Lanny Davis: Empire’s Consigliere?

Former Clinton Advisor, Representing Honduran Oligarchy, Justifies Presidential Ouster and Continuing American Empire

And why liberalism and progressivism have so little in common...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/30/2009 -
4:05 pm PT

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Leon Panetta Should Resign…

...If reports of his attempting to block a lawful DoJ investigation of CIA-related crimes are true...

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Brad Friedman,
8/28/2009 -
2:55 pm PT

21 Comments

For Those Kool-Aid Drinkers Duped Into Defending Torture in Our Name…

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Brad Friedman,
8/26/2009 -
1:43 pm PT

9 Comments

Conyers, Nadler Applaud DoJ Appointment of ‘Relentless’ Special Prosecutor for Torture Probe

Call for 'broad mandate to investigate abuses...policymakers and lawyers...without predetermination of where it may lead'

Update: Holder announcement said little more than a 'review' based on the shameful 'Abu Ghraib' model...

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Brad Friedman,
8/24/2009 -
2:07 pm PT

35 Comments

Corporate Press Exposes CIA/Blackwater Assassination Tie But…

Still fail to discuss Scahill bombshell

Official source idiocy reigns...

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/20/2009 -
11:23 am PT

12 Comments

History of CIA Torture: Unraveling the Web of Deceit, Part V

Death by Torture, Ghost Detainees and the Disappeared

The global assault on decency & the rule of law

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/13/2009 -
8:34 am PT

15 Comments

LATimes: Holder ‘All But Certain’ to Launch ‘Narrow’ Probe into Bush Administration Torture

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Brad Friedman,
8/11/2009 -
11:43 pm PT

23 Comments

On Conspiracy Theories

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/2/2009 -
11:35 am PT

55 Comments

Ryland: A Sibel Edmonds ‘Bombshell’ – Bin Laden Worked for U.S. Until 9/11

Edmonds expert fills in details from recent BRAD BLOG interview with noted, gagged FBI translator/whistleblower...

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Brad Friedman,
7/31/2009 -
1:07 pm PT

51 Comments

NBC White House ‘Reporter’ Chuck Todd: Torture Investigation Little More Than Cable ‘News Catnip’

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Brad Friedman,
7/16/2009 -
1:54 pm PT

28 Comments

History of CIA Torture: Unraveling the Web of Deceit, Part IV

The Bureaucratic Euphemism of 'Extraordinary Rendition'...

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Ernest A. Canning,
7/14/2009 -
3:54 pm PT

4 Comments

Feingold on Cheney’s Secret CIA Program: Failure to Notify Congress a Violation of Law

'Individuals who ordered that Congress be kept in the dark should be held accountable'

Calls for 'thorough investigation'...

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Brad Friedman,
7/13/2009 -
11:33 am PT

15 Comments

Inspectors General Report on Bush Domestic Spy Program Finally Released

Unclassified version of Congressionally-mandated report indicates very few in Bush WH, DoJ knew about unprecedented surveillance of American citizens

Full extent of program still unknown...

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Brad Friedman,
7/10/2009 -
5:33 pm PT

37 Comments

‘VR’ Files Disbarment Complaints Against Two Still-Serving CIA ‘Torture Attorneys’

Rizzo and Fredman authorized, oversaw war crimes on behalf of our intelligence agencies, still serve under Obama Administration...

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Brad Friedman,
6/29/2009 -
2:08 pm PT

4 Comments

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Rep. Nadler on Fox, Sen. Whitehouse on MSNBC agree, no legal choice but to investigate torture allegations, wherever they may lead...

Former Clinton Advisor, Representing Honduran Oligarchy, Justifies Presidential Ouster and Continuing American Empire

And why liberalism and progressivism have so little in common...

...If reports of his attempting to block a lawful DoJ investigation of CIA-related crimes are true...

Call for 'broad mandate to investigate abuses...policymakers and lawyers...without predetermination of where it may lead'

Update: Holder announcement said little more than a 'review' based on the shameful 'Abu Ghraib' model...

Still fail to discuss Scahill bombshell

Official source idiocy reigns...

Death by Torture, Ghost Detainees and the Disappeared

The global assault on decency & the rule of law

Edmonds expert fills in details from recent BRAD BLOG interview with noted, gagged FBI translator/whistleblower...

The Bureaucratic Euphemism of 'Extraordinary Rendition'...

'Individuals who ordered that Congress be kept in the dark should be held accountable'

Calls for 'thorough investigation'...

Unclassified version of Congressionally-mandated report indicates very few in Bush WH, DoJ knew about unprecedented surveillance of American citizens

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