mahablog.com - 4/17/2009
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By now you’ve heard the Obama Administration released the memos used by the Bush Administration to justify torture. As Digby says ,
This is the very definition of the banality of evil — a dry, legalistic series of justifications for acts of barbaric cruelty.
Many are angry that ...
About Those "Torture Memos"
powerlineblog.com 4/17/2009 — The Obama administration has made public four memos that were authored by the Justice Department between 2002 and 2005, in which lawyers from DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel responded to requests by the CIA for legal opinions as to whether harsh ...
Debunking the Torture Apologists’ “Half the Intelligence” Claim
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 4/20/2009 —
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In another thread, Bob Schacht wrote ,
BTW, according to CNN, Haynes and Mukasey are claiming that “half” of what we “know” about Al Qaeda came from torture sessions. Did they really write that, and if so, I’m ...
Don't Kill the CIA
WWW.samefacts.com 4/27/2009 — It was only a matter of time before the torture debate turned on the CIA. Matthew Yglesias has done it, suggesting that we "consider" abolishing the agency. This would be a great idea if it weren't completely wrong. Let me suggest just a few reasons why:
So Much Torture Disclosure to Be Had
washingtonindependent.com 4/21/2009 — Former Vice President Dick Cheney — the avatar of secrecy — really did say this last night . Daphne puts together a wish list : [I]f there are memos showing that torture and the CIA’s other “extreme” interrogation techniques were successful, I’d like ...
More Things That Are Missing
obsidianwings.blogs.com 4/20/2009 — by hilzoy A couple of other things that are missing from the torture memos : First , the memos cite various legal precedents for the definition of torture. They are particularly fond of Mehinovic v. Vuckovic , which involved "a course of conduct ...
What The CIA Did
politics.theatlantic.com 4/17/2009 — The Justice Department today
released four internal memorandums that supplied the legal basis for the
program of torture and aggressive interrogation techniques used at so-called
CIA "Black Sites" during the Bush administration and, at the same time, ...
The Role of the CIA
lefarkins.blogspot.com 4/18/2009 — Spencer has some thoughts: And here's how it's problematic for Obama, Blair and Panetta to indicate to the CIA that they'll stand by CIA officers who relied on OLC guidance for the torture. Marc Ambinder observes that there's some wiggle room in that ...
Graham: CIA Claimed to Have Briefed Before Torture, They Did Not
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 5/16/2009 —
I've got to correct something I said yesterday about Bob Graham. I reported that Graham said that CIA had given him two erroneous dates for briefings. That was wrong (RawStory reported the number correctly, though). They gave erroneous dates ...
More Things That Are Missing
washingtonmonthly.com 4/18/2009 — More Things That Are Missing A couple of other things that are missing from the torture memos: First, the memos cite various legal precedents for the definition of torture. They are particularly fond of Mehinovic v. Vuckovic, which involved "a...
Bush’s Willing Torturers? OLC Revelations Demand Investigation
attackerman.firedoglake.com 4/17/2009 —
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These are medieval documents, these Office of Legal Counsel memos. And not just in the sense that torture techniques like the waterboard date back to medieval times , but in the way that the OLC acted for the CIA. These ...
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