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Tag Archives: waterboarding
Proud of War Crimes?
Proud to be war criminals—the sad, and sadly enduring, legacy of the Bush administration, which the so-called “brain” of that dark period in our history continued to attempt to rationalize and justify in a recent interview with the BBC: “A … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, terrorism, torture, war on terror
Tagged BBC, Convention Against Torture, interview, Karl Rove, Malcolm Nance, Newshoggers, proud, SERE, waterboarding
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Waterboarding Just “A Dunk in the Water?” New Documents Say Otherwise
See if this sounds like what the Marquis de Cheney referred to as “ a dunk in the water,” and a “well done” technique that if he “had it to do all over again,..would do exactly the same thing.” Judge … Continue reading
Posted in Dick Cheney, Obama, Politics, terrorism, torture, war on terror
Tagged Cheney, dunk in the water, Mark Benjamin, Salon, waterboarding
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Yoo: The President Could Order the Massacre of a Village
Michael Isikoff at Newsweek.com has more on the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report in which David Margolis, senior lawyer in the Obstruction of Justice Department, found John Yoo and Jay Bybee guilty of nothing more than “poor judgement” in … Continue reading
Posted in Dick Cheney, Justice Department, Politics, torture, Uncategorized, war on terror
Tagged Dick Cheney, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, OPR report, torture memos, waterboarding
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Why Is This Man Not Facing a War Crimes Tribunal?
Every time I see former Vice-President Dick Cheney interviewed on any news program, national or otherwise, I think to myself, ‘Why is this man here and not facing a war crimes tribunal?’ Cheney made a remark during an interview with … Continue reading
Gingrich: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Newt Gingrich was in fine form on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace yesterday. He took a page from the Sarah Palin playbook, accusing the Obama administration of “pallin’ around with terrorists,” and actually had the audacity to point the … Continue reading
A War Crime Worse Than Torture
Torture is a war crime, I don’t think there’s much debate about that. The Geneva Conventions say so, the United Nations Convention Against Torture says so. What constitutes torture, and whether or not waterboarding qualifies, may be debatable for some, … Continue reading
If We Sink to the Level of the Terrorists, Haven’t They Won?
There are a couple of articles in the news this morning that are bringing cries of ‘See, we told you so’ from the defenders of the so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” One is from CNS News, which says that the waterboarding … Continue reading
Posted in Obama, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged CIA, CNS News, Dennis Blair, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, memo, New York Times, Obama, Osama bin Laden, remarks, waterboarding
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Prosecute The Torturers
To prosecute or not to prosecute, that is the question. With the release of the Justice Department memos last week detailing the so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” (aka torture) used by the CIA, the debate has begun over what to do … Continue reading
Posted in Obama, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged accountable, CIA, Justice Department, look forward, Marquis de Cheney, memos, Obama, torture, waterboarding
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