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Editorial Column: The Real McCain

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Team VCS

June 22, 2008 – It is a vintage John McCain performance. Standing in a light-filled atrium at the University of Denver, McCain is espousing his vision for America’s future relations with the world. He hits all the right notes, citing … Continue reading →

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June 23 VCS Update: Administration Experiments on Our Veterans and Tortures Enemy POW’s

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Team VCS

June 23, 2008 – This week’s update contains four critical news articles, including VA’s failure to provide oversight of drug experiments on our veterans, VA’s rejection of nearly all claims for veterans exposed to secret germ warfare tests, how doctors … Continue reading →

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Cheney Linked to Torture Tactics

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Team VCS

June 19, 2008 – A former military officer who served as chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday said Vice President Dick Cheney probably knew the U.S. military was using torture on Iraqi detainees at … Continue reading →

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Report Questions Pentagon Accounts of Use of Torture on Enemy Prisoners of War

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 17, 2008 – A Senate investigation has concluded that top Pentagon officials began assembling lists of harsh interrogation techniques in the summer of 2002 for use on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and that those officials later cited memos from … Continue reading →

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Medical Exams Prove Torture by U.S. of Prisoners of War in Iraq and Guantanamo

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Team VCS

June 18, 2008, Washington, DC – Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and … Continue reading →

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ACLU Urges Congress to Examine White House National Security Council as Central Decision-Maker on Torture

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Team VCS

June 9, 2008, Washington, DC – On the eve of two important congressional hearings tomorrow, Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office said, “It is time to get to the bottom of this administration’s torture regime Congress and … Continue reading →

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‘Virtual Iraq’ Used to Treat PTSD

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Team VCS

May 19, 2008 – In November, 2004, when he was nineteen years old, a marine I’ll call Travis Boyd found himself about to rush the roof of the tallest building in the northern end of Falluja in the midst of … Continue reading →

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May 21, Torture Lawsuit News: Dept. of Justice Inspector General Report Details How U.S. Torture of Prisoners Began in 2002

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Team VCS

May 21, 2008, Washington, DC – F.B.I. agents complained repeatedly, beginning in 2002, about the harsh interrogation tactics that military and C.I.A. interrogators were using in questioning terrorism suspects, like making them do dog tricks and parade in the nude … Continue reading →

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May 14 VCS Torture Lawsuit Update: Military Releases Documents About Prisoner Torture and Deaths

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Team VCS

May 14, 2008, New York – The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained previously withheld documents from the Defense Department, including internal investigations into the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody overseas. Uncensored documents released as a result of the ACLU’s … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Burned Again?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Team VCS

May 12, 2008 – When an infant touches a hot stove, it learns a lifelong lesson: don’t touch a hot stove. The infant might grow into a thoroughly irresponsible person, might acquire a nasty heroin habit or provoke a barroom … Continue reading →

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