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Decoding Mr. Bush’s Denials
Decoding Mr. Bush’s Denials To avoid having to account for his administration’s misleading statements before the war with Iraq, President Bush has tried denial, saying he did not skew the intelligence. He’s tried to share the blame, claiming that Congress … Continue reading
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CIA ‘covered up’ evidence of torture
CIA interrogators tried to cover up the death of an Iraqi man who died while being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison, Time magazine has reported, after obtaining hundreds of pages of documents, including an autopsy report, about the case. The … Continue reading
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Asterisks Dot White House’s Iraq Argument
President Bush and his national security adviser have answered critics of the Iraq war in recent days with a two-pronged argument: that Congress saw the same intelligence the administration did before the war, and that independent commissions have determined that … Continue reading
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Senate demands report on “CIA prisons”
The U.S. Senate demanded a classified account on Thursday of whether the CIA was running a secret prison system as it debated a bill that would regulate the Bush administration’s treatment of military detainees. The call was made following a … Continue reading
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Ideals must be upheld
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the world awoke from its long, senselessly violent nightmare and celebrated the official cessation of the War To End All Wars. The following year in his … Continue reading
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The Lost Founder
[This article is dated 07/03/05] On July 17, 1980, Ronald Reagan stood before the Republican national convention and the American people to accept his party’s nomination for president of the United States. Most of what he said that evening was … Continue reading
Report Warned on CIA’s Tactics in Interrogation
A classified report issued last year by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general warned that interrogation procedures approved by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11 attacks might violate some provisions of the international Convention Against Torture, current and former intelligence … Continue reading
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Cruel Distortion: ‘We Do Not Torture’? Is the President Serious?
At times President Bush inspires a kind of awe. It is a rare individual who can repeat obvious falsehoods with so much tenacity and conviction that millions of listeners eventually mistake them for the truth. The president was in top … Continue reading
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White House Pushes on for Torture Exemption as House Stalls Vote
The president and vice president continue an effort to prod lawmakers into freeing the Central Intelligence Agency from restrictions on torturing detainees in its custody. The pressure comes as House Republicans last week delayed a vote on a measure prohibiting … Continue reading
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Troops to Call for Independent Commission on Torture
Media Advisory Troops to Call for Independent Commission on Torture;Press Conference on Open Letter signed by 3,700 veterans and family members CONTACT: Charles Sheehan-Miles, 202-558-4553INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE Nearly four years after the beginning of the War on Terror, the U.S. continues … Continue reading
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