Tag Archives: Guantanamo

Editorial Column: ‘Justifying’ Torture, Two Big Lies

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Team VCS

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

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Team VCS

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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Gitmo Interrogation Video Released

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Team VCS

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

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Team VCS

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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‘No Progress’ on Mass Guantanamo Prisoner Transfer

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Team VCS

July 8, 2008 – U.S. and Yemen remain at odds over a proposal to release more than one-third of the detainees from Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, even as the Bush administration wrestles with the future of the military prison. … 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

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Team VCS

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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Sizeable Minority in U.S. Condone Torture

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Team VCS

June 26, 2008, United Nations – The number of Americans who would condone torture, at least when used on terrorists in order to save lives, has risen over the past two years and now stands at over 40 percent, according … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: A Victory for Justice

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Team VCS

June 25, 2008 – The right of a prisoner to challenge his confinement is central to the American way of justice, and to our reputation as a fair and compassionate nation. So it is a relief to have those values … 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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