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”…
Human Rights
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…
US unable to document any payments for Abu Ghraib
US cannot document any payment to detainees for abuse at Abu Ghraib. Associated Press Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu…
It Is Official: The US Is A Police State
Paul Craig Roberts Antiwar On September 24, Jason Ditz reported on Antiwar.com that “the FBI is confirming that this morning they began a number of raids against…
It Is Official: The US Is A Police State
Paul Craig Roberts Antiwar On September 24, Jason Ditz reported on Antiwar.com that “the FBI is confirming that this morning they began a number of raids against…
Thousands held without trial in Iraq: Amnesty
Iraqi detainees in Baquba. (Eros Hoagland for The New York Times) AFP Tens of thousands of detainees are being held without trial in Iraqi prisons…
America’s Torture Doctrine
John Galt Activist Post The new mainstream American value of torture is steeped in self-deception, legal justification, and propaganda. We idolize torturers in our favorite…
Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.
Charlie Savage The New York Times WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that former prisoners of the C.I.A. could not sue over their alleged…
Former CIA officer accused of abusing suspect now training other operatives
Associated Press A former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence…
Yoo’s Got Mail?
The Justice Department has finally uncovered emails written by John Yoo, the author of the so-called torture memos. But something’s missing. Nick Baumann and Daniel…
The New Phoenix Program
Editor’s Note: This should be especially troubling after the recent announcement that microwave weapons would be moving from war zones to American prisons. Could dissenters…
None Dare Call It Tyranny
Sheldon Richman The Future of Freedom Foundation If you want to know what tyranny is like, look around. The national government — specifically the executive…