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TO APPEASE OUR ENEMIES, OBAMA WILL SOON REVEAL CIA INTERROGATION SECRETS
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WSJ: ... A decision to keep secret key parts of the three 2005 memos outlining legal guidance on CIA interrogations would anger some Obama supporters who have pushed him to unveil now-abandoned Bush-era tactics. It would also go against the views of Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Counsel Greg Craig, people familiar with the matter said. ... In the middle is deputy national-security adviser John Brennan, a former CIA official, has generally sided with the CIA, the senior administration official ...
Obama Wavering on CIA Memos-Top Officials at Odds Over Whether to Withhold Some Details
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... by the interrogator, according to people familiar with the memos. Another approved tactic was waterboarding, or simulated drowning. A decision to keep secret key parts of the three 2005 memos outlining legal guidance on CIA interrogations would anger some Obama supporters who have pushed him to unveil now-abandoned Bush-era tactics. It would also go against the views of Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Counsel Greg Craig, people familiar with the matter said. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975168816518691.html
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Sister Toldjah —
Obama Tilts to CIA on Memos
ThinkFast: April 15, 2009
Think Progress —
... “The Obama administration is leaning toward keeping secret some graphic details of tactics allowed” in CIA interrogations, which include stories about head smashing. Top CIA officials and “some in the White House…argue that disclosing such secrets will undermine the agency’s credibility with foreign intelligence services.” ...
Obama's Moment Of Truth On Torture
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... what was done then he will achieve only one thing: he will tell the world that the US has indeed authorized and practised war crimes while simultaneously telling the world that America will not be accountable for it. He wil betray all of us who supported him to restore the rule of law. He will, in fact, merely confirm the worst fears of what was actually done while making himself an accomplice to protecting the war criminals who did it. And please don't even begin to spin us with the following: ...
The Torture Memos: The Day Before
TalkLeft —
... The day before the due date for the scheduled court ordered release (this is no voluntary act by the Obama Administration) of the torture memos, ...
Obama Tilts to CIA on Memos
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... according to people familiar with the memos. Another approved tactic was waterboarding, or simulated drowning. A decision to keep secret key parts of the three 2005 memos outlining legal guidance on CIA interrogations would anger some Obama supporters who have pushed him to unveil now-abandoned Bush-era tactics. It would also go against the views of Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Counsel Greg Craig, people familiar with the matter said. ............. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975168816518691.html USG faces a court deadline tomorrow the ...
War and Piece — | Main April 15, 2009 WSJ : Obama tilts to CIA on memos. Posted by Laura at April 15, 2009 11:32 AM
Jeremy Scahill: Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is reporting today that "The Obama administration is leaning toward keeping secret some graphic details of tactics allowed in Central Intelligence Agency interrogations, despite a push by some top officials to make the information public." The 2005 "Bradbury memos represent an effort by the Bush administration to keep the CIA program of 'enhanced' interrogations of certain detainees on a legal footing after the Bush administration in late 2004 withdrew earlier Justice Department memos on interrogation." ...
The Bush "Torture" Memos: Release Or Redact
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... , written between 2002 and 2008 by several Justice Department
lawyers, the administration asked a judge for more time to review three others,
written by a senior Bush administration lawyer, Stephen Bradbury, over several
years of Bush's second term. One of those memos reportedly outlines, in
detail, the techniques that CIA officers and interrogators can use to extract
information from subjects. According to the Wall Street Journal, the
government authorized CIA officers to slam a detainee's head against a
wall memos have since been withdrawn by the Obama ...
Obama Would Undermine “No Torture” Pledge by Keeping CIA Memos Secret
Firedoglake —
... Substantively, those who are arguing against disclosure -- in response to an ACLU court challenge, remember -- mount a weak case. As the Wall Street Journal puts it: ...
Torture memos are due tomorrow
Newshoggers.com —
... Justice Department requested ends tomorrow. The three Bush Administration memos
that reportedly included specific details about approved torture
techniques and approved for release by Attorney General Eric Holder has
apparently become the center of a contentious battle between the CIA
and Obama Administration officials. The White House requested the two
week continuance to make a decision about how much, if any, of the
memos will be released. The Wall Street Journal reports today the debate is still raging and the President is leaning towards the CIA ...
Do You Want to Know a (State) Secret?
Opinionator —
... though, things went downhill. Obama’s efforts on “enemy combatants/detention authority” and “state secrets” were merely “more of the same.” On “surveillance,” a category that includes the EFF’s lawsuit, Serwer was harsher still: “Cheney on Red Bull.” The next chance for Obama to improve his marks comes tomorrow, when the Justice Department faces a court deadline to release three more Bush-era torture memoranda, known as the Bradbury memos, which, according to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal , approved certain interrogation techniques. Among the details in the ...
President Obama and the Torture Memos
Daily Kos —
... The WSJ is reporting that President Obama is leaning toward the CIA position on releasing the torture memos, which would mean that they would be heavily redacted. ...
On the Radar: Thursday, April 16th
The Latest on Air America —
Hi folks! We're excited to give you a roundup of yesterday's tea party nonsense, including Texas Governor's Rick Perry's threat to secede from the nation. Yesterday's protests ended when someone threw something at the White House, which, in case you didn't know, is kind of a no-no. But don't worry! More teabagging is already scheduled for July 4th.
President Obama is having a bad day: he wants to keep CIA interrogation tactics hidden, but the legal left is angry about that, and Castro is criticizing Obama ...
Redactions
Obsidian Wings —
... Yesterday, various news outlets began reporting that these memos would be released. The fight seemed to be about how heavily they would be redacted. From the WSJ: ...
Redactions
Political Animal —
... that the Obama administration released today. I will comment on them when I have had a chance to work through and digest them. I do want to say one thing now, though. Yesterday, various news outlets began reporting that these memos would be released. The fight seemed to be about how heavily they would be redacted. From the WSJ : "The Obama administration is leaning toward keeping secret some graphic details of tactics allowed in Central Intelligence Agency interrogations, despite a push by some top officials to make the information public, according to people familiar with ...
Better Angels
BlondeSense —
... the belief that what promises were made were, in actual fact, kept. Strictly speaking – we DON’T torture any more – right (one hopes)? Oh – we still practice ‘rendition’ – but that’s not US actually torturing – is it? And so what if the Bush tortures escape the justice they so richly deserve. They were just following orders. After all - the Bush ‘Justice’ Department did say it was OK. Permission was given – so how could any of them be help personally responsible? Then there was that blackmail memo – the one the CIA sent to Obama – vowing removal of any and all intelligence ...
White House Dodging Questions on Bagram Prison and Detainees Without Rights
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... jurisdiction beyond national borders in cases of torture or war crimes, based on a doctrine known as universal justice, though the government has recently said it hopes to limit the scope of the legal process. ... But this case, if it ultimately goes forward, will have implications far beyond Spain, because arrest warrants issued in Spain will be binding on all twenty-seven European Union member states. With the four new torture memos released by the Administration, after reportedly heated internal debates , detail-oriented bloggers discovered that previous ...
