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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
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The president reportedly told his legal team to reverse an earlier decision on the grounds that the pictures would endanger American troops.
By Alex Koppelman
May 13, 2009
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The Justice Department committed, in court, to making the pictures public, but the White House seems to be walking that back.
By Alex Koppelman
May 13, 2009
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Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality -- and his vision of an imperial presidency -- and there are signs he is succeeding.
By Juan Cole
May 13, 2009
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Private messages reveal a dispute at the highest levels about the proper role of psychologists in interrogation, and whether cooperating with the Bush administration was unethical.
By Sheri Fink
May 8, 2009
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The president won't be able to tweak the unlawful and inconsistent system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees. He has to scrap it entirely.
By Denny LeBoeuf
May 8, 2009
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A new poll shows most Americans believe waterboarding is torture, but don't want it investigated.
By Alex Koppelman
May 6, 2009
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Former Bush administration officials are reportedly pushing back against the probe, but its conclusions might actually shut down talk of prosecution.
By Alex Koppelman
May 5, 2009
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The Associated Press reports that the investigation is close to its conclusion; the results will be key to the decision of whether to prosecute.
By Alex Koppelman
May 5, 2009
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Some are arguing that if we prosecute Bush officials for torture, or reregulate the financial industry, talented people won't enter government or become bankers. No, they're not kidding.
By Michael Lind
May 5, 2009
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A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway.
By Sheri Fink
May 5, 2009
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We need to investigate the Bush years, even if it means tearing the country -- and ourselves -- apart.
By Gary Kamiya
May 1, 2009
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President Obama must fight back against the former vice president by launching investigations into the Bush administration's interrogation policies.
By Gene Lyons
April 30, 2009
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In his prime-time press conference, the president moved the argument away from whether torture works to whether it's un-American.
By Alex Koppelman
April 29, 2009
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We don't need to round up a few Bush-era criminals to settle political scores. We just need some truth, and then we need good train service.
By Garrison Keillor
April 29, 2009
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In the latest in a series of somewhat conflicting surveys, a plurality also says the use of the technique isn't justified.
By Alex Koppelman
April 28, 2009
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It has long been clear that the CIA used the Szymany military airbase in Poland for extraordinary renditions. Now there is new evidence of a secret torture prison nearby.
By John Goetz and Britta Sandberg
April 28, 2009
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If Dick Cheney believes he can prove that torture saved us from terrorist attacks, why does he oppose a full investigation?
By Joe Conason
April 27, 2009
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A document prepared by the agency that helped train interrogators in methods like waterboarding warned of "unreliable information" as a result.
By Alex Koppelman
April 24, 2009
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When will media elites stop acting like there's confusion about whether waterboarding is torture, and whether torture is against the law?
By Joan Walsh
April 24, 2009
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Despite calls for the federal judge's impeachment over his involvement in the Bush torture memos, the Senate majority leader isn't rushing into anything.
By Vincent Rossmeier
April 24, 2009
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The president has reportedly told Congressional leaders that focusing on torture would take the air out of his agenda.
By Alex Koppelman
April 24, 2009
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Shepard Smith is angry about torture, and even on Fox News, he's not afraid to say it.
By Alex Koppelman
April 23, 2009
Soufan: CIA torture actually hindered our intelligence gathering
GOP hits back over torture probe
The hidden hand of Dick Cheney
A secret e-mail argument among psychologists about torture
Obama can't fix the military commissions
The "best and the brightest"? Spare me
The reluctant enablers of torture
America's necessary dark night of the soul
Cheney's painful war for torture
Let war crimes be bygones
New evidence of a secret torture prison
Torture and truthiness
I can't believe it's not torture, redux!
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