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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with CIA

CIA Doctors Face Human Experimentation Claims - Torture - Medical Research
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: World news, CIA, United States, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Human Rights, Global Terrorism, Medical Research, crime, abuse, constitution, ethics )

David
- 65 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Human experimentation without consent has been prohibited in any setting since 1947, when the Nuremberg Code, which resulted from the prosecution of Nazi doctors, set down 10 sacrosanct principles. The code includes "Consent of subjects essential".
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CIA Refuses to Release Torture Probe Documents
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, bushadministration, Obama, CIA, torture probe, documents )

Dee
- 66 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The CIA has refused to release further documents related to its controversial terrorist rendition, detention and interrogation programs, saying doing so would threaten national security.
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Only Two Weeks' Training for CIA Interrogators
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, politics, CIA, bushadministration, crime, torture, ethics )

Raffi
- 74 days ago - independent.co.uk
New details about the treatment of terror suspects in the wake of 9/11 contradict old assurances from former Vice President Dick Cheney that interrogators were "highly trained professionals" who well knew the boundaries of the law. Often, they had
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Calls to Reopen CIA Abuse Cases
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, Torture )

Ben
- 74 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The US justice department is calling for about a dozen prisoner abuse cases to be reopened, US media say. The recommendation could lead to the prosecution of CIA employees and contractors over the treatment of terrorism suspects, the reports say.
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Holder Begins Review of Detainee-Abuse Allegations
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: holder, us, attorney general, ag, cia, waterboarding, drowning, rape, abuse, constitution, cheney, iraq, lies, mccain, military, terrorism )

NotSilent
- 74 days ago - usatoday.com
"..........U.S. interrogators threatened terror suspects with handguns and an electric drill"..............."included a 2004 report by the CIA's Office of Inspector General, which noted.........inconsistent with...policy...human rights"
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'Inhumane' CIA Terror Tactics Spur Criminal Probe - The Innocent Are Guilty and the Guilty Go Free?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, torture, sick interrogations, abuse, crime, corruption, terrorism, cover-up, lies, politics, usa, dishonesty, government, bushadministration, ethics )

David
- 74 days ago - 3news.co.nz
The Obama administration has launched a criminal probe into "unauthorised,inhumane" interrogations of terror suspects during GWB's war on terrorism. Threats to kill one suspect's children and to force another to watch his mother sexually assaulted. SICK?
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CIA Report: 'Inhumane' Tactics Used on Detainees
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: cia, torture, inhumane, illegal, unconstitutional, war crimes, thugs, abuse, iraq, cover-up, crime, constitution, terrorism )

NotSilent
- 75 days ago - news.yahoo.com
CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually assaulted..........
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CIA Threats to Detainees' Families Exposed | World News | The Guardian
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: intimidation, torture, rape, threats, CIA, detainees )

Raffi
- 75 days ago - guardian.co.uk
An internal CIA reported published today reveals a host of incidents in which its interrogators went far beyond acceptable bounds, such as threats against family members, including hinting that an al-Qaida suspect's mother would be raped in front
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'Inhumane' CIA Terror Tactics Spur Criminal Probe
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, CIA, bushadministration, obama, abuse, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, terrorism, war, military )

Dee
- 75 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration launched a criminal probe Monday into "unauthorized ... inhumane" interrogations of terror suspects during President George W. Bush's war on terrorism, spurred by newly declassified revelations of CIA tactics----
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CIA Crucified Captive in Abu Ghraib Prison
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Abu Ghraib, CIA, Torture, Murder )

Just
- 131 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
"A forensic examiner found that he (the prisoner) had essentially been crucified; he died from asphyxiation after having been hung by his arms, in a hood, and suffering broken ribs," the magazine's Jane Mayer writes in the magazine's June 22nd issue."
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Plame's Lawsuit Against Cheney, Rove
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, bush, valerie, plame, wilson, scooter, libby, rove, cia, supreme, court, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, crime, cheney, lies, americans, abuse, society, culture, rights, politics, freedoms )

Tom
- 137 days ago - truthout.org
This decision means that government officials can abuse their power for political purposes without fear of repercussion. Private citizens like the Wilsons, who see their careers destroyed and their lives placed in jeopardy, have no recourse.
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The White House -The President's Statement on Iran
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, usa, iran, cia, government )

Cheryl Su
- 138 days ago - whitehouse.gov
The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and fr
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Shout It From the Rooftops--Al-Libi--Keep His Torture Story Alive
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, CIA, false confession, invasion, Iraq )

Eleanor
- 171 days ago - opednews.com
The fact that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi is not the most famous of them all is an indictment of American media and politics, for his lies, obtained under torture, led to the death and displacement of millions. I keep waiting for Obama to utter al-Libi's name.
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Rice Approved CIA Waterboarding
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, CIA, Torture )

Ben
- 198 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The CIA's use of waterboarding to interrogate terrorism suspects was approved by Condoleezza Rice as early as 2002, a senate report reveals. As national security adviser, Ms Rice consented to the harsh interrogation of al-Qaeda suspect...
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Top Legislators Knew of Interrogations
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, cover-up, dishonesty, CIA, torture, abuse )

Dee
- 198 days ago - washingtontimes.com
The CIA briefed top Democrats and Republicans on the congressional intelligence committees more than 30 times about enhanced interrogation techniques,
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