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Rights Group Wants US Officials Probed for Ordering Torture
July 25, 2008, Washington, DC – A Nobel-prize-winning rights group said US officials committed war crimes by ordering what the group says was torture of detainees, and called for them to be probed and prosecuted. “There must be a complete … Continue reading
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Troop Shortage Fallout: The Disastrous Consequences of Recruiting Unfit Soldiers
Mom says enlisting in army started son’s downfall July 20, 2008, Tampa, FL – When the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, 14-year-old Phillip Michael Pearson told his mother he wanted to join the military as soon as … Continue reading
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News Analysis: Exposing President Bush’s Historic Consolidation and Abuse of Power
July 23, 2008 – The last several years have brought a parade of dark revelations about the George W. Bush administration, from the manipulation of intelligence to torture to extrajudicial spying inside the United States. But there are growing indications … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: ‘Justifying’ Torture, Two Big Lies
July 19, 2008 – One can assume that former Attorney General John Ashcroft didn’t mean it to be funny, but his testimony on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee might strike one as hilarious, were it not for the issue … Continue reading
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Sides Clash Over Treatment of Bin Laden’s Driver
July 16, 2008, Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba – The prosecution and defense witnesses have given widely different accounts of the way Osama bin Laden’s former driver has been treated in U.S. prisons in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay. … Continue reading
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ACLU Seeks Answers on Torture from Former Attorney General Ashcroft
July 17, 2008, Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union calls on former Attorney General John Ashcroft, in today’s House Judiciary hearing, to provide Congress and the American people with answers to questions about when, why and how the … Continue reading
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Gitmo Interrogation Video Released
July 15, 2008, Toronto, Canada – Lawyers for a Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay released excerpts of videotaped interrogations Tuesday, providing a first-ever glimpse into the secretive world of questioning enemy combatants at the isolated U.S. prison in Cuba. The … Continue reading
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More Evidence of Guantanamo Bay Torture, Including Sleep Deprivation
July 15, 2008, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba – The U.S. military subjected a former driver for Osama bin Laden to a sleep-deprivation program in 2003, his defense lawyers said Monday, raising the latest allegations of a tactic criticized as … Continue reading
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July 8, Torture Update: US Torture Used at Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Tied to Chinese Torture Used Against US During Korean War
July 4, 2008 – The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of “coercive management techniques” for possible use on prisoners, including “sleep deprivation,” “prolonged … Continue reading
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Wounded Iraqi Forces Say They’ve Been Abandoned
July 1, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq – Dawoud Ameen, a former Iraqi soldier, lay in bed, his shattered legs splayed before him, worrying about the rent for his family of five. Mr. Ameen’s legs were shredded by shrapnel from a roadside … Continue reading
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