George W. Bush: Torturer-in-Chief
Dees Illustration David Cole The Nation In an uncoerced confession in his new memoir, Decision Points, former President George W. Bush proudly admits that he…
Human Rights
Torture in US Prisons
Stephen Lendman Rense In March 2005, a UK Deborah Davis Channel 4 report titled, “Torture, Inc., America’s Brutal Prisons” highlighted the horrors, including prisoners savaged…
US must begin criminal investigation of torture following Bush admission
Dees Illustration Amnesty International Amnesty International today urged a criminal investigation into the role of former US President George W. Bush and other officials in…
Wanna Lose Your Soul?
“When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough]…
Iraqi prisoners were abused at ‘UK’s Abu Ghraib’, court hears
image: AP Ian Cobain The Guardian Evidence of the alleged systematic and brutal mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at a secret British military interrogation centre that is being…
Torture Orders Were Part of U.S. Sectarian War Strategy
Gareth Porter IPS WASHINGTON – The revelation by Wikileaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees…
Federal Court Rules Details of Secret Prison in Afghanistan Can Remain Secret
Noel Brinkerhoff AllGov.com Details about the United States’ largest prison in Afghanistan will remain secret, according to a federal judge’s ruling this week. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…
Who’s to blame for torture? Lawyers probe Wikileaks logs
Paisley Dodds and Raphael G. Satter Associated Press LONDON — It has been one of the most bitter legal debates during the so-called war on…
UN calls for probe into US inaction on torture
‘Fragmentary order 242’ allowed US forces to ignore torture allegations: report Daniel Tencer — Raw Story The United Nations’ point man on torture is calling on…
CIA paid Liverpool buyout tycoon millions…to use his jet for ‘torture’ flights
Paid by the CIA (image: Reuters) Sharon Churcher and Chris Hastings The Daily Mail A jet owned by a senior executive in the US firm…
Wolfowitz Directive Gave Legal Cover to Detainee Experimentation Program
Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye TruthOut In 2002, as the Bush administration was turning to torture and other brutal techniques for interrogating “war on terror”…
Canada — No right to lawyer during police interrogation: Supreme Court
Janice Tibbetts Calgary Herald OTTAWA — A deeply divided Supreme Court of Canada refused Friday to import U.S. “Miranda rights” to Canada, ruling that it…
Can We Try a Man We Tortured?
Will accused major terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ever end up in a federal courtroom? The answer is yes—starting right now. FBI/Zumapress.com Karen Greenberg — Mother…
American College Student Gunned Down, Kidnapped And Tortured In Secret Prison
Alexander Higgins Blog I have recently wrote about the Supreme Court Decision to legalize CIA abduction, overseas detention and torture of American citizens. US Courts…