Op-Ed: The Torture Debate - The Missing Voices

Citing the April 2009 release of the International Committee of the Red Cross' (ICRC) report on the abuse of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the recently released torture memos, which circulated...

Events Come Full Circle: Possible Avoidance of Accountability

George W. Bush, former two term 43rd President of the United States of America has been quoted as saying, in reference to his successor, the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama: “I want the...

Op-Ed : Accountability for Torture

Outlining past examples of abuse of power, this article provides a foundation that contends that Congress' refusal to address abuses of former and sitting presidents, with Iran/Contra offered as an...

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...

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...

Arlen Spector Switching From Republican Party to Democratic Party

According to MSNBC, almost one hour ago, four term Republican Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania has informed Republican leadership as well as the Democratic Party that he is switching parties....

Where Does the United States Go From Here?

To say that President Obama has been conflicted on how to proceed in dealing with the previous Bush administration's questionable journey down the path allowing torture,...

CIA Field Officer Says US Sacrificed Moral Authority For Nothing

The latest contribution to Time magazine, provided by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) field officer Bob Baer, is entitled Dumb Intelligence and appears in the May 4, 2009 edition. The...

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...

Not Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees

For the past several weeks, I've been listening to former Vice President Dick Cheney, who apparently has decided to personify the Ghost of the Administration Past, appearing almost weekly to offer his opinions,...

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...

Senate Committee: Top Officials Linked to Torture Memo Process

Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which recently released a declassified document, Senate Armed Services Committee's Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S....

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...

USAF Special Forces Acted As CIA Contracted Torture Advisers

The United States Air Force's (USAF) Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) was founded in 1947 and according to the website, Gosere.com, states : Our mission is to prepare aircrew and high risk...

Napolitano States Extremists are Contacting Returning Veterans

Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano has stated groups of extremists " .... too numerous to mention" have been soliciting returning veterans to carry out acts of domestic terrorism, saying...