Posts Tagged ‘torture’
Torture memos: NOT a dark and painful chapter in our history
Twenty-four hours have passed since the so-called torture memos have been released and as I expected, it’s not a story that has gone viral. Plenty of coverage, but not oh-my-God kind of coverage.
Read MoreFederal court order results in release of Bush interrogation memos
The Obama administration will release interrogation memos written by Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel lawyers during President George W. Bush’s administration. A federal court required the Obama administration to release them or to provide a good reason to withhold them in response to an ACLU lawsuit. My guess is that the documents may drop…
Read MoreGuantanamo detainees in the US and enhanced interrogation techniques
Two bits of news from President Obama’s intelligence chief and attorney general in the past week. First, the administration is considering releasing some inmates here in the United States. Second, the Obama administration is considering “enhanced interrogation techniques” when questioning terrorists.
Read More24 … in real life
I’ll have more to say on this tomorrow. George W. Bush responding to a question from Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday today … would the nation be in danger if the next president did not have all interrogation tools at his disposal? The president’s answer is critical and I think Obama understands this already.…
Read MoreThe Prosecutor In Chief?
It does not surpirse me this is the AFP’s headline … US President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday he was not ruling out possible prosecution for abuses committed under the George Bush administration, saying no one “is above the law”. “We’re still evaluating how we’re going to approach the whole issue of interrogations, detentions, and so…
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