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Report: Human Experimentation at the Heart of Bush Administration Torture Program
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Abu Zubaydah, Brent Mickum, Bush Administration, Campaign Against Torture, CIA, Department of Justice, fascism, Frank Donaghue, Geneva Conventions, HIG, High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, human rights, ICRC, indefinite detention, international law, Jane Mayer, Jason Leopold, Jay Bybee, Jeffrey Kaye, John Durham, John Yoo, law, Military Commissions Act, Nathaniel Raymond, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, OHRP, OLC, OPR, Paul Gimigliano, PHR, Physicians for Human Rights, PSYOPS, Red Cross, Stephen Soldz, Steven Bradbury, torture, torture memos, US, war crimes, War Crimes Act, War on Terror, waterboarding
Jason Leopold, deputy managing editor at Truthout, reports on the Physicians for Human Rights report, “Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Evidence of Experimentation in the ‘Enhanced’ Interrogation Program.”
When Only Abolition is Just, Reform is Naïve
Posted: 25 October 2009 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: Alan Greenspan, anarchism, anti-Statism, Arianna Huffington, Arthur Levitt, bailout, banking, Bernie Sanders, Brooksley Born, capitalism, CFTC, Citigroup, Clinton Administration, corporatism, Department of Justice, derivatives, ethics, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Gary Gensler, Goldman Sachs, homestead principle, HR 1207, international law, Jim Grant, Larry Summers, law, libertarian, liberty, market-anarchism, Michael Moore, Mike Shedlock, monetary policy, Murray Rothbard, Newspeak, Noam Chomsky, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, odious debt, OTC derivatives, Peter Goodman, Robert Rubin, Ron Paul, TARP, Thomas Woods, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Department, US, Washington Post
Looking into the derivatives crisis and major players that manufactured the economic crisis, anything short of killing the ‘Creature from Jekyll Island’ would be unjust.
U.S. Congresswoman an ‘Asset of Covert Israel Intelligence’ (mp3)
Posted: 24 April 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: AIPAC, Blue Dog Democrat, Congress, Department of Justice, espionage, FISA, Gonzales, international law, Israel, Israel lobby, Jane Harman, law, Mossad, Newspeak, NSA, nuclear secrets, US, wiretapping, Zionism
Scott Horton of AntiWar Radio interviews contributing editor at The American Conservative Philip Giraldi who adds to Jeff Stein’s breaking story of Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) making promises for the Israel lobby, AIPAC, in an U.S. espionage case that the road to Washington goes through AIPAC. (more…)
Congresswoman Made Illegal Promises for AIPAC (mp3)
Posted: 22 April 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National NewsTags: AIPAC, Blue Dog Democrat, Congress, Department of Justice, espionage, FISA, Gonzales, international law, Israel, Israel lobby, Jane Harman, law, Newspeak, NSA, US, wiretapping, Zionism
Scott Horton of AntiWar Radio interviews Jeff Stein, who broke this story days ago. (more…)
On Investigation and Prosecution of Bush Administration Members for Torture (Video)
Posted: 23 December 2008 by Sayyid in National News, Political ScienceTags: ABC, Amy Goodman, Cheney, civil liberty, confession, Democracy Now, Department of Justice, enhanced interrogation, George Bush, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo, human rights, interview, Jerrold Nadler, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Ratner, Mukasey, Obama, pardon, Paul Jay, The Real News Network, torture, TRNN, War on Terror, waterboarding
The New York Times editorial from last week, “The Torture Report,” is a must-read for some back-story.
Last week, outgoing US Vice-President Dick Cheney made a series of remarkable comments in his exclusive interview with ABC. Cheney admitted to playing a role in the authorization of the use of waterboarding and other ‘aggressive interrogation techniques’, defended the decision to listen-in on domestic phone calls, and essentially provided broad approval for all the actions taken by his government over his tenure. In the first part of our interview with Michael Ratner, Michael gives his analysis of both the significance of the interview, and what he believes are Cheney’s motivations for such an uncharacteristic offering of information from the notoriously secretive VP.
BIO:
Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.
Part One (8:24):
Part Two (13:13):
Democracy Now! – “Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws”:
Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York has urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and other senior Bush administration officials for violations of the law relating to the torture of prisoners in US custody. Nadler is the chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Part One (10:37):
Part Two (10:42):
