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Graham Falsely Claims All Gitmo Detainees Are‘Enemy Combatants,’Says They Can Be Held‘Forever’ »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Graham is simply wrong in claiming that all Gitmo detainees are “enemy combatants.” Last October, the Bush administration’s Justice Department declared that all 17 ...
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How To Torture The Bush Six »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Given that the United States is obligated under both domestic and international law to prosecute acts of torture, the legal consequences of the Obama administration ...
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YouTube - Torture Song »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
"The Happy U.S. Torturer."
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Documents Suggest DOD Failed to Probe Alleged War Crimes »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months ago in Political News
Jawad, who was about 12 years old when he was captured and accused of throwing a hand grenade at U.S. soldiers, endured “cruel and ...
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Another Gitmo Grows in Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The incoming Obama Administration says it wants to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay. But even if Guantánamo closes ...
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Next flash point over terror detainees: Bagram prison »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
At the height of its operation, the terror detention camp at Guantánamo was viewed as a legal black hole, a place where Al Qaeda ...
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Bush’s Third Term? »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
It sounds like the plot for the latest summer horror movie. Imagine, for a moment, that George W. Bush had been allowed a third term ...
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Physicians at Guantanamo violate medical ethics: study »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The use of physicians at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has forced medical professionals to violate their ethics codes, according to findings published ...
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Binyam Mohamed: As I gain my freedom, I am determined that neither those who remain in detention, nor their abusers, are forgotten »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 1 week ago in News
I hope you will understand that after everything I have been through, I am neither physically nor mentally capable of facing the media on the ...
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The Torture Memos: The Case Against the Lawyers - The New York Review of Books »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The inspector general also reported, contrary to former Vice President Dick Cheney's claims, that "it is not possible to say" that any of these ...
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Behind the Byline: James Risen »
Posted by: jovial 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
From his perch at the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist James Risen has been at the forefront of uncovering some of the Bush ...
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Shift Possible on Holding Terror Suspects »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months ago in Political News
The Obama administration is considering forgoing legislation and issuing an executive order that would authorize the president to incarcerate some terrorism suspects indefinitely, White House ...
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Musicians crank up the volume on Guantanamo debate »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 1 month, 1 week ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music - including theirs - was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is ...
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Harry Reid is a Cowardly, Weak-Kneed Tool »
Posted by: metavirus 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Sorry if the title is a bit spicy but I have just about had it up to here with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's ...
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Criminals In The Bush White House »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
Scott Horton asks: ...in what legal system is it proper for the target of an investigation to destroy evidence of crimes? Torture is a criminal ...
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