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Obama, Bush, Clinton and revisionist histories
Former President Bill Clinton recently likened the “right-wing conspiracy” against President Obama with his own experience in office. Those on the right claim the anti-Obama backlash is comparable towhat former President George W. Bush faced. Both are correct to... Riot and Fire at Abu Ghraib Force Evacuation of Prisoners
A fire caused during a prisoner riot at the infamous military prison Abu Ghraib resulted in an emergency evacuation of the complex. Most inmates were evacuated on Friday, September 11, 2009 but some prisoners are... Private Security Agency Perverts in Afghanistan Kills USA Image!
The spring of 2006 I was on my third assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Providing professional development training for the Afghan men and women employed by the Department of State, I returned to a large newly built Embassy – one of the largest in the world. Embassy... Physicians for Human Rights: More Torture Investigation Needed
In an eight page paper entitled, Aiding Torture: Health Professionals' Ethics and Human Rights Violations Revealed in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General's Report, Physicians for Human Rights...
created by Karen Hatter | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago
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107 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments
Blocked US Military Pics Contain Graphic Images of Rape, Torture
Among the more than 2,000 photos of U.S. military officers abusing Iraqi prisoners that President Obama's administration has so far been successful in blocking from release to the public are "graphic images of rape...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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1156 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
Obama Blocks New Abu Ghraib Photos Showing 'Abuse of Prisoners'
The U.S. Department of Defense was set to release "hundreds of photographs" to the public that showed alleged abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, but President Obama ordered a stop to their release last...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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745 views | 6 recommendations | 4 comments
Torture Photos Politics: New Pictures Released Despite Obama Ban
New and shocking torture photos have been released despite an announcement yesterday that the Obama administration would not make the pictures public. The graphic torture photos show that the nightmare of Abu Ghraib is far from being a thing of the past.The... Spain Launches Criminal Investigation Into US Torture at Gitmo
According to this report, Spain is doing what President Obama should be doing: a criminal investigation into the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. " Despite rhetoric coming from the White House that...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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422 views | 58 recommendations | 21 comments
Op-Ed : The Torture Moment
The author of this article offers that the media has not squarely shouldered their responsibility regarding the coverage of allegations of possible criminal activity that has arisen since the release of the so...
created by Karen Hatter | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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176 views | 33 recommendations | 12 comments
Abu Ghraib Guards Say Memos Prove Them To Be Scapegoats
Initially, in 2004, when photos of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib in Iraq surfaced, the Bush administration declared the actions shown in the photos to be the work of a few "bad apples" . Since the release... Op-Ed : Where 'Those Methods' Lead
All during the decisions leading up to and after the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning documents, currently referred to as the 'torture...
created by Karen Hatter | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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705 views | 64 recommendations | 32 comments
Blogging for Justice: Against Police Pretrial Electrocutions 4/24
A Day of Blogging for Justice: Standing Up AgainstPolice Pre-Trial Electrocution - April 24, 2009Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog and Electrocuted While Black.. When I first proposed renaming "tasering" "police pre-trial electrocution and execution", some... 83 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Doctors Charge CIA Torture Memos Misuse Sleep Deprivation Data
Scientists whose work has been revealed to be cited in the recently released Bush administration torture memos, object to the use of their work, citing, for example, that periods of sleep... 9/11 Commission Director Dissented on Torture Memo Directives
Philip Zelikow, who acted as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's adviser and as a policy representative to an NSC policy committee on intelligence and terrorism issues during the Bush administration, has... It's Repugnant When the Media Describes Torture as Merely "Harsh"
The most disgusting and omnipresent cliché in journalism right now is "harsh" as a word to describe "torture, as in "harsh interrogation" (WaPost)and"harsh methods" (NYT).Look up the phrase"harsh interrogation"and you'll find it 247,000 times at Google. Look up "harsh... 208 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
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