AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN rapporteur
google.com 1/20/2009 — 22 hours ago BERLIN (AFP) The UN's special torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. "Judicially speaking, the ...

Rasul v. Rumsfeld | Center for Constitutional Rights
ccrjustice.org 3/14/2009 — Synopsis Rasul v. Rumsfeld is a lawsuit against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of four former detainees seeking damages for their arbitrary detention and torture while detained at Guantánamo. Status On January 11, 2008, the ...

Rita: Clearing the High Bar
article.nationalreview.com 1/19/2009 — As the focus of judgment draws back over time, it will become more apparent that Bush and Rumsfeld defined the strategic landscape.

AFP: Rumsfeld to 'face difficulties' over Guantanamo: UN expert
google.com 6/4/2009 — 1 day ago GENEVA (AFP) Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld could soon be in trouble for the role he played in human rights abuses committed in the Guantanamo prison, a United Nations expert said Wednesday. "In a year or two, his ...

Rumsfeld disputes GQ report
politico.com 5/19/2009 — An aide to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Keith Urbahn, e-mails to contest a widely-discussed GQ article by Robert Draper, which suggested that Rumsfeld "appreciated" the practice of quoting Biblical quotations on the cover ...

Understanding Donald Rumsfeld -- By: Jamie M. Fly
article.nationalreview.com 8/29/2009 — D espite continued disagreements on the left and the right about the legacy of George W. Bush, there is one Bush-administration official who still unites political observers: Donald Rumsfeld. On the left, Democratic members of Congress and activists ...

Op-Ed Columnist: Popularity Isn’t Everything
nytimes.com 12/22/2008 — In admiration of straight talkers, let’s give credit to the nation’s most unpopular Republican, Dick Cheney, and the nation’s most unpopular Democrat, Rod Blagojevich. >

A Response From Donald Rumsfeld
politics.theatlantic.com 5/20/2009 — Keith Urbahn, a spokesman for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, e-mails a statement denying that Rumsfeld had anything to do with the Christianization of those World Intelligence Update cover slides. The slides in the "World Intelligence ...

Responding to Di Rita
corner.nationalreview.com 1/19/2009 — Larry Di Rita's defense of his former bosses is a remarkable demonstration of the personal loyalty that made the Bush administration, and particularly the Bush Pentagon through 2006, what it was: a tight-knit, inward-looking group largely unable to ...

Obama Justice Department Urges Dismissal of Another Torture Case
washingtonindependent.com 3/13/2009 — In another move that suggests the Obama Department of Justice is not making many big policy breaks with its predecessor when it comes to the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees, the department filed a brief renewing the government’s motion ...

Over 100 killed in Jan 16 Congo massacre: U.N. (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/28/2009
Reuters - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels killed over 100 people in a January 16 attack in Congo, taking the civilian death toll to over 900 since operations against them began last month, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Judge OKs holding Taliban cook at Guantanamo (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/28/2009
AP - A federal judge says being a cook for the Taliban is reason enough for the U.S. military to hold a Yemen man as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay.

At least 30,000 to Afghanistan this year — First Read 1/28/2009
From NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney KubeThe Pentagon is preparing initial orders to send an additional 22,000 soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan before the end of the year. That would include a Marine Expeditionary Brigade of 12,000 Marines ...

U.S. seeks "bold" U.N. action over Zimbabwe — Reuters: Politics 1/28/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants the United Nations to take strong action to push Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to reach a power-sharing deal with the opposition, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

US turns to UN on Zimbabwe after southern Africa disappoints (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/28/2009
AFP - The United States indicated Wednesday it is looking to the United Nations to break the political deadlock in Zimbabwe as it expresses growing frustration over the mediation of southern African nations.