Ex-State Department lawyer: Bush panicked After 9/11, used torture.
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The cry of the innocent
The following list (also see Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4) is the culmination of a three-year project to record the stories of all the prisoners held at the US prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Who can defend this?
Welcome to the world of torture and degredation sanctioned by the Bush administration.
A new dawn will leave some behind
Israel can commit war crimes because it’s Israel. That’s essentially the message from Harvard Law Professor and Zionist fanatic Alan Dershowitz. His upcoming book is titled, “The Case Against Israel’s Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand In The Way of Peace.” Try not to laugh, though I know it’s hard. Former US President…
America’s journey to a rogue state
My following book review appeared in the Melbourne Age on January 10: The gloves came off after September 11 and left leaders petrified, writes Antony Loewenstein. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals By Jane Mayer Scribe, $35 Near the beginning of this…
Please pick me, sir
Why Christopher Hitchens, one of the key slobberers over the Bush administration’s “war on terror” and its war in Iraq, still thinks he should be taken seriously over American foreign policy. Commentators who crave closeness to power aren’t journalists; they’re stenographers.
Where will the buck stop?
Should the incoming Obama administration prosecute Bush administration officials who advocated and “legalised” torture?
TV executives lack imagination
According to the Harper’s Index: Number of incidents of torture on prime-time TV networks, TV shows from 2002 to 2007: 897. Number in the previous seven years: 110.
Who supports crushing children’s balls?
Torture never works. (Yet some of the “leading” conservative forces in the US continue to defend its use.)
A Jewish form of torture
How do Zionists explain the use of torture for decades against Palestinian detainees?