Tag: torture
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November 06, 2009 05:01 PM EST --
I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." - George W. Bush , 2004, during the war in Iraq.
"I believe that Christ died for my sins and I am redeemed through him. That is a . . .
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February 28, 2009 03:33 PM EST --
Barbara Ehrenreich comments on working in America My Role in the Torture of Binyam Mohamed
I like to think that some of the things I write cause discomfort in those readers who deserve to feel it. Ideally, . . .
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October 05, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
Bush defended his administration's methods of detaining and questioning terrorism suspects on Friday, saying they are both successful and lawful.
"When we find somebody who may have information . . .
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April 20, 2009 12:43 PM EDT --
Abu Zubaydah, the poster child for waterboarding, was according to CIA reprorts, was waterboarded 83 times. Obama wants it banned as ineffective. The liberal media points out that it took . . .
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November 07, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
This Bush Administration has made the U.S. look utterly disgusting to the rest of the world. One example is our current use of "waterboarding". It is illegal. . . .
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July 17, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
Defending this Administration's record on 'aggressive' interrogation techniques , the former United States Attorney General was questioned about waterboarding by Rep. Howard Coble, R-North . . .
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January 25, 2009 11:01 PM EST --
After only 4 Days, it has already begun. "Fairness Doctrine," anyone?
I am not normally moved to write on triviality, but this particular experience carries with it implications . . .
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February 12, 2009 11:32 AM EST --
Last week, President Obama's new Attorney-General, Eric H. Holder, assured senior Republican senators who were withholding their support for his nomination that he is not likely to prosecute CIA . . .
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March 14, 2009 03:47 PM EDT --
Former US President George W. Bush could possibly stand trial at the international Criminal Court in The Hague, says an ex-UN prosecutor.
David Crane, an international law professor . . .
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April 28, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
Are you willing to be waterboarded to prove that it is not torture?
On a talk show about a week ago, Charles Grodin and Sean Hannity were debating waterboarding as torture. Hannity insisted . . .
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May 13, 2009 01:05 PM EDT --
The cover-up of Bush-era crimes is taking a shocking but not unexpected turn. A fateful move has been made and it is certain to backfire.
A prisoner who was horribly tortured in 2002 until he agreed . . .
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May 15, 2009 07:37 PM EDT --
I hope that President Obama has no hatred in his heart. If he resents George W. Bush, it would be an understandable emotional reaction under the circumstances.
There's been . . .
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June 02, 2009 08:14 AM EDT --
Cheney: Execute Terrorists If Cuba Prison Must Close
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that the only alternative to holding some suspected terrorists indefinitely would be to execute . . .
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July 12, 2009 09:49 AM EDT --
This issue gets confused with retribution against someone we do or don't like. That's not what it's about. It's about living up to the accountability requirements that are structured into our government . . .
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November 05, 2009 03:46 PM EST --
A Court Decision that Reflects What Type of Country the U.S. is
By Glenn Greenwald
Even when government officials purposely subject an innocent person to brutal torture, they enjoy full . . .
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November 04, 2007 12:49 PM EST --
Assume for a moment (and to be honest, with our history since the 1900's, it is not that impossible of an assumption,) that you suspected within the next few days you would be siezed by agents of . . .
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May 08, 2008 10:47 PM EDT --
Later today, the court decided that the "torture memo" must be turned over to the ACLU for their inspection. It's about time. We all know that the memo has been part of a government cover . . .
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July 09, 2007 05:10 AM EDT --
Thanks a bunch Heather.
1. I am a great mom! My kids love me, each other, themselves and the human race.
2. I have been successful in many ways. No, I don't own a mansion, . . .
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December 16, 2008 01:40 AM EST --
i just got this in my email:
Dear Beate,
A startling investigation from last year shows that 80 percent of jackets mislabeled as "faux fur" contain raccoon dog . . .
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January 26, 2009 01:49 PM EST --
On his second day in office, President Obama took a bold step away from the Bush administration and signed an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp within one year while suspending . . .
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