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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Torture

Into What Dark Hole Has "Ex-President" Dick Cheney Crawled?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: DICKLESS CHENEY, lies, corruption, crime, cover-up, war, murder, torture, halliburton, dishonesty, republicans, terrorism, propaganda, war, ethics )

David
- 44 days ago - alternet.org
Within two weeks of President Obama's inauguration, Dick Cheney said the new chief executive would likely get us killed. Where'd all the bravado and cheap shots from the Cheney gang go?...Into a hole or into HELL?
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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
- 82 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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Reflections On Mohamed Jawad's Release From GuantáNamo
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, injustice, guantanamo )

Eleanor
- 82 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
Long-time readers of my work will know that I championed the cause of Mohamed Jawad, the Afghan prisoner released from Guantánamo on August 24, for nearly two years, from the moment that he was, ludicrously, put forward for a trial by Military Commission
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Rebuking Cheney's Torture Propaganda in 7 Easy Steps
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, abuse, torture, cheney, terrorism, lies, corruption, constitution, ethics )

David
- 83 days ago - alternet.org
Cheney is all over the airwaves, trotting out his propaganda and defense of the Bush administration's serial violations of the Geneva conventions. The tactics Cheney apparently loves were a violation of US law, international law and Geneva conventions.
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Cheney Offers Sharp Defense of C.I.A. Interrogation Tactics - Wouldn't You, If GUILTY of Sanctioning War Crimes?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, cheney, crime, abuse, terrorism, murder, ethics )

David
- 84 days ago - nytimes.com
Just six days after Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. appointed a federal prosecutor to examine the abuse of detainees, Mr. Cheney described the use of waterboarding and other coercive methods -- including threatening detainees with a gun and a drill OK?
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President Obama and Congress: Respect Human Rights and Counter Terror With Justice
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, congress, obama, Human Rights, investigation, torture, terrorism, bushadministration, congress, crime )

Jelica
- 88 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
President Obama and a number of members of Congress have resisted full accountability for torture, and have endorsed indefinite detention and unfair military commissions. Further, loopholes for torture and abuse remain and U.S. detentions at Bagram and o
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Take Action: Getting the Truth About America's Tortured Past
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, human rights, torture, injustice, investigation )

Jelica
- 90 days ago - action.humanrightsfirst.org
Getting the Truth about America's Tortured Past Urge President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry on torture to make sure we don't repeat past mistakes. calls on President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry to evaluate the full cost of abuses, loo
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Only Two Weeks' Training for CIA Interrogators
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, politics, CIA, bushadministration, crime, torture, ethics )

Raffi
- 90 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
3 comments
Calls to Reopen CIA Abuse Cases
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CIA, Torture )

Ben
- 90 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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American Civil Liberties Union:
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, freedoms, abuse, torture, civil rights, investigation, Holder, justice )

Jelica
- 90 days ago - secure.aclu.org
We need a full and thorough investigation. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed an independent prosecutor to investigate torture. However, the very limited scope is nowhere near as thorough and broad as the investigation America really needs. The re
3 comments
'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
- 91 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
- 91 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
- 91 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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Watch the Tortured Logic Video Now and Send It to Attorney General Eric Holder.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, waterboarding, fbi, terrorism, lies, iraq, military, propaganda, troops, u.s., constitution, bushadministration, ethics, freedoms )

NotSilent
- 101 days ago - aclu.org
Oliver Stone, Rosie Perez, Philip Glass and a host of talented performers... expose something our government tried to keep secret from the American people. Torture must be investigated and prosecuted. Watch video, sign the letter NOW please.
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Petition. Amnesty International: Did the Bush Adminisration Commit the Perfect Crime? Demand FULL Accountability and Prosecution
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bushadministration, torture, war crimes, terrorism, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, corruption, abuse, lies, undeniable guilt, ethics abuse )

David
- 103 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Under U.S. law, the government must fully investigate allegations of torture, and prosecute ALL those responsible for torture. Don't let high-level Bush administration officials get off scott-free. Demand a full investigation of torture at ALL levels.
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