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Daily Briefing—8th Sept 2010
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, airport body scanners, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Aleksander Kwasniewski, AMISOM, banking, black sites, Blake Hounshell, BP, Bush tax cuts, Charles Hugh Smith, China, CIA, cognitive science, counterterrorism, credit unions, Deepwater Horizon, DR Congo, drones, drug war, experimental philosophy, extrajudicial assassination, for-profit universities, France, free press, Gareth Porter, general strike, gold, Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hillary Clinton, IDF, IFEX, India, Iran, Iraq War, ISAF, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Joe Biden, Kabul Bank, Kandahar Surge, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, land grabbing, Lebanon, Liz Pulliam Weston, Macondo oil spill, Mahmood Karzai, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, Mullah Omar, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philosophy, Poland, PTSD, Robert Fisk, Rwanda, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Stephen Walt, student loans, Sudan, suicide bombings, Taiwan, Taliban, Transocean, TSA, Uganda, UN, Yemen
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U.N. Secret Detention Report
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Australia, Bagram, Binyam Mohamed, Bisher al-Rawi, Canada, CIA, Egypt, extraordinary rendition, FBI, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, international law, Iraq, Jamil El-Banna, Jordan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KSM, Maher Arar, Majid Khan, Mamdouh Habib, Manfred Nowak, Moazzam Begg, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni, Morocco, Murat Kurnaz, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, Obama, Obama Administration, Omar Deghayes, Pakistan, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Russia, Saifullah Paracha, secret prisons, Syria, torture, UK, UN, UNHRC, US, Walid bin Attash, War on Terror
The heroic Andy Worthington—leading journalist on the Kafka-esque U.S. military prisons at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba and Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan; the Bush-Obama Administrations’ policy and standard operating procedures regarding kidnapping, rendition and torture; and the ensuing legal processes—has outstandingly posted excerpts from the February report conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council, “Joint Study on Global Practices in Relation to Secret Detention in the Context of Counter-Terrorism” [.pdf].
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Daily Briefing—17th June 2010
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: AIG, Andy Worthington, Arizona, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Carol Rosenberg, Chicago Police, child soldiers, Colonial Bank, Democrats, Ezra Klein, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Freedom Flotilla, Garani Massacre, Gitmo, Goldman Sachs, Granai Massacre, Guantanamo Bay, IMF, immigrant jails, indefinite detention, Israel, Jon Burge, Joshua Claus, Michelle Shephard, no-fly list, Omar Khadr, Orrin Hatch, police brutality, public opinion, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, TARP, Turkey, UN, UN Secret Detention Report, UNHRC, Wikileaks, Yemen, yuan renminbi
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Daily Briefing—15th June 2010
Posted: 15 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1953 Iran coup, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Amity Shlaes, Andy Worthington, Antoaneta Becker, austerity measures, Bill O'Reilly, Blackstone Group, BP, Canada, China, CIA, Coal India, currency manipulation, Daniel Tencer, death row, deportation, drug war, Dubai assassination, E, Eric Ruder, euro, European Union, extrajudicial assassinations, fiber optics, GCC, general strike, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, global debt, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Haqqani Network, healthcare, Hindustan Copper, Honda, immigration, indefinite detention, India, inflation, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Israel, James Risen, Jan Brewer, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Latin America, Maher Arar, Matthew Berger, Maxim Bakiyev, Michael Gould-Wartofsky, mineral deposits, Mossad, Nigeria, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, private military contractors, Quetta Shura, RCMP, renminbi, renminbi yuan, Robert Gibbs, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, Singapore, Spain, Taliban, torture, treasury bonds, TTP, UN, UNHRC, USD, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, yuan
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Daily Briefing—11th May 2010
Posted: 11 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, AIG, AIPAC, airstrikes, anarchism, Bagram Air Base, bailouts, ballistic missiles, banking, BP, California, Darian Worden, drones, ECB, Elena Kagan, EU, Ezra Klein, Federal Reserve, general strike, Goldman Sachs, Goldstone Report, government regulation, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hillary Clinton, IISS, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, JPMorgan Chase, Keith Weissman, Kevin Carson, libertarian, MI5, miranda rights, Morgan Stanley, North Waziristan, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, OTC derivatives, Pakistan, Red Cross, Richard Fulmer, Richard Goldstone, Robert Bradley Jr., Ron Paul, secret prisons, settlements, Stephen Walt, Steve Rosen, Taliban, TARP, torture, Transocean, UN, Venezuela, War on Terror, Washington lobbyists, WHO
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Report: Secret Baghdad Prison Detainees Describe Brutal Torture, Rape, Humiliation
Posted: 28 April 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abu Ghraib, Al Rusafa Detention Center, American Empire, Antavillai, Ayad Allawi, Baghdad, Bagram Air Base, black jails, CIA, democracy, HRW, Human Rights Watch, immigrat jail, imperialism, Iraq, Iraq Civil War, Iraq elections, Iraq War, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, lithuania, Muthanna, Ned Parker, Ninveh, Nouri al-Maliki, NYC, Obama Administration, OLC, Sam Dagher, secret prisons, sectarianism, Sheik Abdullah Humed, stress positions, torture, Varick Street Detention Center
42 men interviewed describe similar accounts of being extensively tortured while in captivity at a Baghdad prison, secret until recently.
American-Styled ‘Democracy’ Successfully Being Exported to Client-States: ‘Secret Prisons’ in Baghdad and ‘Indefinite Detention’ in Pakistan
Posted: 23 April 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Anwar al-Awlaki, Charles Dent, extrajudicial punishment, Glenn Greenwald, Griff Witte, indefinite detention, Iraq, Karen DeYoung, media, Ned Parker, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama Administration, Pakistan, rape, secret prisons, sedition, sodomy, stress positions, sunnis, terrorism, torture
Thousands are reportedly kidnapped indefinitely in Pakistan because the government can’t meet the burden of proof required by its criminal justice system to prevent their freedom. This discovery comes days after the discovery that hundreds of Sunni men targeted by the Iraqi government were kidnapped in sweeps that landed them into secret prisons where they were tortured for months. The Obama Administration has, hypocritically, criticized their client states in public. Al Jazeera English obtained interviews with two of the Iraqi men who said they were tortured to admit to crimes they had not committed (2:33):
Zubaydah’s Torture, Detention Subject of Senate Intelligence Inquiry
Posted: 19 April 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abu Zubaydah, ACLU, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, black sites, Brent Mickum, Bush Administration, CIA, fascism, George Bush, Gul Rahman, GWOT, human rights, international law, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, libertarian, liberty, Newspeak, NSC, OLC, Pakistan, private contractors, rendition, secret prisons, sleep deprivation, Steven Bradbury, Thailand, torture, torture memos, US, War, War on Terror, waterboarding
Jason Leopold, deputy managing editor at Truthout, reports on the U.S. investigation of the kidnapped, rendition and extensive torture of Abu Zubaydeh. He was regarded as a “high-value detainee” of the Bush Administration—a claim which has since been recanted by the government, after submitting him to secret prisons around the world and numerous application of torture as a ‘guinea pig in an experiment’, a former N.S.C. official said.
C.I.A.’s European Secrets: Clandestine Prisons Investigated (Video)
Posted: 14 March 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: Abu Omar, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Bush Administration, CIA, covert operations, Egypt, elite, fascism, GWOT, human rights, international law, Italy, lithuania, MI5, Middle East, Newspeak, Poland, rendition, RT, Russia Today, secret prisons, terrorism, torture, US, War on Terror
via Russia Today: A vast network of covert C.I.A. facilities appears to be everywhere in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe. C.I.A. secret prisons were reported to be operating in Poland and Lithuania, and the controversy over this news has divided Europe and triggered a political crisis in several countries. Are the allegations true? (25:15):
Report: C.I.A. Secret ‘Torture Prison’ Found in Lithuania
Posted: 19 November 2009 by Editors in International AffairsTags: ABC News, black sites, Brian Ross, Bush Administration, CIA, Craig Whitlock, Dalia Grybauskaite, Domas Grigaliunas, extraordinary rendition, fascism, George Bush, human rights, international law, John Sifton, kidnapping, law, libertarian, lithuania, Matthew Cole, NATO, Obama, Obama Adminstration, Poland, rendition, Romania, secret prisons, terrorism, Thailand, torture, US, Vygaudas Usackas, War, War on Terror
Brian Ross and Matthew Cole broke the story last night on the ABC News website. Their report on “Good Morning America” from Thursday morning (2:51):
Rights Lawyer Finds C.I.A. Prevented Detainee Deaths to Prolong Torture (Video)
Posted: 29 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, Bagram Air Base, black sites, CIA, Convention Against Torture, Daphne Eviatar, EITs, enhanced interrogation techniques, Europe, fascism, Guatanamo Bay, human rights, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, John Sifton, Jordan, law, libertarian, lithuania, Middle East, Newspeak, Poland, Romania, secret prisons, stress poitions, Thailand, torture, US, War, War on Terror, waterboarding
John Sifton details ‘grotesque’ C.I.A. torture at secret prisons as models for prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and other military detention centers. (11:01):
ICRC Released Torture Report in 2007 — Not Yesterday
Posted: 17 March 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Bagram, black sites, Cheney, CIA, el-Masri, George Bush, Gitmo, Gonzales, human rights, ICRC, international law, Iraq, Mark Danner, media, Middle East, MSM, New York Review of Books, Newspeak, Rumsfeld, secret prisons, terrorism, torture, UN, US, War, war crimes, Washington Post
The only news is that this is news to the mainstream media. (more…)
UN to Investigate Secret Prisons
Posted: 10 March 2009 by Editors in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, CIA, fascism, George Bush, human rights, international law, Iraq, law, Middle East, Obama, rendition, secret prisons, terrorism, torture, UN, US, War, waterboarding
al Jazeera (10 Mar 09): The UN has launched an investigation into secret detention centres around the world, including those run by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). (more…)
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