The ACLU's executive director joins with a military officer to ask for a special prosecutor for torture
By Anthony Romero and Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld Jun 17, 2009
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The public has to force him to do the right thing
By Robert Reich
June 29, 2009
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The report, which could contradict former Vice President Cheney's claims, was due out Friday
By Alex Koppelman
June 19, 2009
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Throughout the Cold War, the agency outsourced abuse to other nations. Will Obama put us back on this path?
By Alfred W. McCoy
June 11, 2009
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The Pentagon says no sexual abuse, no Abu Ghraib photos among those held back in ACLU suit.
By Mark Benjamin
June 2, 2009
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Philip Mudd, tapped to work at DHS, had "direct knowledge" of the harsh techniques used under President Bush
By Alex Koppelman
June 5, 2009
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The government will have an additional 30 days to prepare for a fight over releasing the pictures
By Alex Koppelman
June 1, 2009
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You shouldn't immediately trust everything you read -- at least not in the British press
By Alex Koppelman
May 29, 2009
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Documents obtained by the ACLU seem to show that medical personnel monitored the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah
By Sheri Fink
May 28, 2009
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Cheney's hostile speech only highlighted President Obama's commitment to American standards of liberty
By Joe Conason
May 22, 2009
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As Dick Cheney tries to justify "enhanced interrogation," victims of torture tell Congress why it's wrong.
By Christopher Matthews
May 21, 2009
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In a fiery speech, the former vice-president defends his administration and attacks President Obama
By Alex Koppelman
May 21, 2009
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President Obama gives a speech on Guantanamo Bay, torture and national security
May 21, 2009
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The president tries to answer critics of his approach to interrogations policy on both the left and right
By Mike Madden
May 21, 2009
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What? CIA operatives concealed the truth about torture from a San Francisco liberal? No!
By Gene Lyons
May 21, 2009
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The Senate voted 90-6 against funding the closure of the detention facility.
By Vincent Rossmeier
May 20, 2009
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Appearing on MSNBC, the former New York City mayor defends waterboarding, and says it isn't used as a recruiting tool by al-Qaida.
By Alex Koppelman
May 19, 2009
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Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists.
By Noam Chomsky
May 19, 2009
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The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
By Marcy Wheeler
May 18, 2009
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After the invasion of Iraq, Gen. Geoffrey Miller told the Iraq Survey Group they were "running a country club" and needed to get tough on prisoners.
By Mark Benjamin
May 15, 2009
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Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
By Joe Conason
May 14, 2009
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Memos about the efficacy of torture that the former vice president wants released won't be made public, at least for now.
By Alex Koppelman
May 14, 2009
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An FBI agent testifies that an al-Qaida prisoner provided useful intelligence until the CIA got rough -- and casts doubt on Bush's statements about the effectiveness of harsh interrogations.
By Mark Benjamin
May 14, 2009
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Boehner, Graham try to deflect investigations into Bush-era interrogation techniques by criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
By Ben Travers
May 13, 2009
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The president says the pictures are "not particularly sensational" and that only a few people were responsible for what happened.
By Alex Koppelman
May 13, 2009
Let's hold Bush officials accountable for torture
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"As president, I refuse to allow this problem to fester"
Obama pushes back on torture, terror
Playing the Pelosi card
Our unending war of terror
The 13 people who made torture possible
We tortured to justify war
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