emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 6/30/2009
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Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but if law is the master of the government and the government is its slave, then the situation is full of promise and men enjoy all the ...
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By Yoo’s Own Analysis, Army Field Manual Allows Torture with Drugs
Firedoglake —
... and what it will become. No one can be neutral on this issue. To do nothing is to allow the worst crimes to be done in our names.
Other posts online today, as part of a mini-blog storm on behalf of the ACLU's Accountablity Project:
See Emptywheel today for a detailed exploration of an autopsy report revealing death by torture in US custody. drrational on another autopsy story documenting death by "enhanced interrogation techniques" bmaz on torture and the Rule of Law. Teacherken on Bob Hebert on torture. ...
Andy Worthington: Release Of The "Holy Grail" Of Torture Reports Delayed Again
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... that also infected the US military, and that led to over a hundred deaths in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.
First up is Glenn Greenwald's article for his blog at Salon, "The suppressed fact: Deaths by US torture," in which he states, "Those arguing against investigations and prosecutions -- that we "Look to the Future, not the Past" -- are literally advocating that numerous people get away with murder." Then there are articles by Marcy Wheeler, bmaz and Jeff Kaye at Firedoglake, by Digby, and by drational and ...
Release of the 'Holy Grail' of Torture Reports Delayed Again
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... poisonous virus that also infected the US military, and that led to over a hundred deaths in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. First up is Glenn Greenwald's article for his blog at Salon , "The suppressed fact: Deaths by US torture," in which he states, "Those arguing against investigations and prosecutions -- that we "Look to the Future, not the Past" -- are literally advocating that numerous people get away with murder." Then there are articles by Marcy Wheeler , bmaz and Jeff Kaye at Firedoglake, by Digby , and by drational and ...
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