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washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009

Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002

— washingtonpost.com — In Meetings, Spy Panels' Chiefs Did Not Protest, Officials Say By Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen Washington... Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 9, 2007; A01 In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program ... (more) Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002

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lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/18/2009

Bush's finest moment on Iraq: SOFA, not the surge

— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — Peter Beinart today bravely repeats the emerging would-be conventional wisdom . Rather than simply denounce everything Republican,... he argues, Democrats should admit that the "surge" worked and -- uniquely echoing a thousand recent ... (more) Bush's finest moment on Iraq: SOFA, not the surge

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hosted.ap.org - 1/17/2009

knoxnews.com: News stories by the Associated Press

— hosted.ap.org — WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation... techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with ... (more) knoxnews.com: News stories by the Associated Press

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Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Think Progress — ... Last year, Bush admitted that he was “aware” that his national security team met to discuss KSM’s interrogation, and that he approved of the meeting. His admission today suggests Bush had a far more direct role in developing the specific torture program, ...

U.N. special rapporteur on torture calls on U.S. to prosecute Bush and Rumsfeld.
Think Progress — ... of one particular detainee. Bush himself said last year that he was aware of his advisers’ discussions on torture and recently admitted that he ...

U.N. special rapporteur on torture calls on U.S. to prosecute Bush and Rumsfeld.
The Hollywood Liberal — ... of one particular detainee. Bush himself said last year that he was aware of his advisers’ discussions on torture and recently admitted that he ...

Canadian Lawyers Seek To Ban (Or Prosecute) Bush For His Role In Authorizing Torture
Think Progress — ... that they authorized torture and other harsh interrogation techniques. Indeed, Bush himself said last year that he was aware of his advisers’ discussions on torture and recently admitted that he ...

Powell: I Don’t Know Whether Torture ‘Would Be Considered Criminal’
Think Progress — ... , Maddow asked him about — and pressed him repeatedly on — his role in approving torture against detainees. Specifically, she asked him about reports that he was among nine White House “principles” who approved torture techniques so specifically that “interrogation sessions were almost choreographed.” ...