The United States will soon release a long-awaited report detailing the findings of a Senate investigation into the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques, and sources now say those tactics far exceeded what the…
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What You Need to Know … Obama said today: We tortured some folks …. We did some things that were contrary to our values. What does this mean? What is the big picture? Initially, we applaud…
Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were committed in Iraq? By Deborah Davies They are just some of the…
When the news broke years ago that U.S. forces were using torture on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, many politicians and the public expressed appropriate horror. There was shock and disappointment that our country…
Torture is now solidly installed in America’s repressive arsenal, not in the shadows where it has always lurked, but up front and central, vigorously applauded by prominent politicians. Rituals of coercion and humiliation seep through…
What Else Did He Lie About? The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd writes today: In a documentary soon to appear on Showtime, “The World According to Dick Cheney,” [Cheney said] “I got on the telephone…
Kangaroo Court Show Trials Huffington Post reports: A judge expressed frustration on Monday that an unknown U.S. government entity censored his courtroom audiovisual feed, cutting public access to pretrial hearings for five accused Sept….
‘US a Police State, Obama Consciously Allows Torture’ – CIA Veteran John Kiriakou February 02, 2013 “RT” – -Ten years ago, the idea of the US government spying on its citizens, intercepting their emails or…
“[We’ve Become] A Brutal Occupation Force Similar To Germans in World War II” Criticism of Israeli policy by Israeli soldiers is taken much more seriously than criticism by outsiders. Criticism of Israeli policy by its top…
On January 11, eleven years to the day after George W. Bush sent the first detainees to Guantanamo, the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty is making its national debut. Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for…