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From beyond the grave: A searing indictment of Putin's protegé - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 4 months, 1 week ago in News
The abductions in Chechnya started nearly a decade ago. In 2000, Russian forces took control of practically the entire territory of the republic, and started ...
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John Bolton Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
This Friday, the American Enterprise Institute will host an event addressing the question “Should Israel attack Iran?” The event includes, among others, Iran uberhawk Michael ...
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Red State: Jesus Would Have Approved Waterboarding »
Posted by: metavirus 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Red State continues to push the argument that Jesus would have been cool with torture: "It’s likely even Jesus would have OK’d water ...
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Report claims CIA used 'torture' »
Posted by: RickyDawkins 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
CIA interrogation techniques used on al-Qaeda suspects "constituted torture", according to a leaked report by the international Red Cross.
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DOJ probe on Yoo torture memos ‘damning;’ senators demand answers »
Posted by: jovial 9 months, 1 week ago in Political News
A key line in George W. Bush's defense against war crimes
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charges has weakened with the disclosure that an internal Justice Department watchdog has ...Read (676) | Share | Discuss (32) | Read Full Story at onlinejournal.com
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Champions of Torture »
Posted by: Spadecaller 7 months ago in Political News
Champions of Torture is a video featuring the recent discoveries obtained from the release of memoranda on detentions, interrogations, and warrantless wiretapping. The presentation identifies ...
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My Tortured Decision »
Posted by: bruhaha 7 months, 1 week ago in News
FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken ...
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Waterboarding Is Illegal »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In his 2007 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee considering his nomination to be Attorney General of the United States, Judge Michael Mukasey refused ...
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Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case »
Posted by: Beau7890 3 weeks, 2 days ago in News
MILAN -- An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric ...
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Jesse Ventura Gives Hasselbeck A Lesson Or Two About Torture - Video »
Posted by: TimALoftis 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, making a guest appearance on ABC’s The View, gave co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a lesson or two about the torture ...
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DN! British Challenges (12) US Threats to Suppress Evidence of CIA Torture »
Posted by: jovial 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
British Lawmaker David Davis Challenges US Threats to Suppress Evidence of CIA Torture A British court heard evidence last week that Secretary of State Hillary ...
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Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture - Glenn Greenwald »
Posted by: berkeley 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
It seems fairly easy -- even for those overtly hostile to the basic rules of logic and law -- to see what conclusions are compelled by these ...
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Obama’s torture problem is only justbeginning »
Posted by: jovial 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Here is a problem.
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Late in 2006, a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee named Abu Zubaydah recounted the treatment he received in 2002 at the ...Read (831) | Share | Discuss (38) | Read Full Story at www2.macleans.ca
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Report reveals Cheney misled about trained interrogators »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in Political News
Last spring, the news media trumpeted Vice President Dick Cheney’s challenge to release the CIA’s torture memos.
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It was a move Cheney supported ...Read (402) | Share | Discuss (71) | Read Full Story at rawstory.com
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GOP Caller Calls Limbaugh a 'Brainwashed Nazi' for Supporting Torture »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
A Republican and U.S. veteran called Rush Limbaugh's radio show Tuesday, and told the conservative host that he was one reason the GOP ...
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