julescrittenden.com - 1/14/2009
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There's a lot of fretting over whether Obama will do the right thing about Guantanamo, and whether the CIA will barred from using harsh interrogation methods in the GWOT.* Greenwald's having a snit. Now a Guantanamo judge comes forward, says she barred a trial for one terror suspect because his ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/22/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
A majority of Americans in a new Washington
Post-ABC News poll oppose the use of torture in...
terrorism investigations, backing Barack Obama's pledge that "under my administration, the United States does not torture." But there's an even split on ...
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On Torture
julescrittenden.com - 1/12/2009
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julescrittenden.com —
... for kicks. Hang on, that's just the
usual Think Progress nonsense. Actually, Bush admits he approved...
harsh interrogation methods after being told they were legal and did not constitute torture ... seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in ...
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Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
undispatch.com - 1/14/2009
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undispatch.com —
Just returning from and event at the New
America Foundation in Washington, DC in which Steve Clemons...
played host/inquisitor/moderator to a discussion with outgoing United States ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad. Khalilzad ...
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Khalilzad's "Exit Interview"
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Good news: More “unfairly imprisoned” Gitmo detainees are now back on the battlefield
Sister Toldjah —
... are touting the allegation as evidence that Bush/Cheney are “war criminals” but Jules Crittenden, who has been on a roll lately, cuts through the bull and gives the straight up 411 on the whole “torture” argument. Consider it a must-read. ...
Brainster's Blog —
... top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, interrogating him with techniques that included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold, leaving him in a "life-threatening condition." Jules Crittenden comes up with a good response; only use techniques which have been approved by liberal bloggers: Throwing heavy ...
Longest. Linkaround. Evah.
The Anchoress —
... Everyone loves us now that a Democrat is back in the White House, and any residual hate you see is still Bush’s fault, as it has been since 1976.
And no wonder the press hates the internets.
Jay Ambrose: Big lies about George W. Bush, but the truth will out, or perhaps it won’t. As I’ve said before, the truth will make a lot of people uncomfortable.
Jules Crittenden: About that torture thing.
A prospective Treasury Secretary who has not paid his ...
The Consequences of Torture
Comments from Left Field —
... Here is Jules Crittenden whining about that interestingly timed Pentagon announcement that former Guantanamo detainees are returning “to the battlefield” (no evidence provided, but the Pentagon ...
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