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