www.sfgate.com — An anti-torture demonstrator was held down during a simulation of the waterboarding technique outside the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2007 Kevin Lamarque/Reuters An anti-torture demonstrator was held down during a simulation of the waterboarding technique outside the ...
On Torture: The Will Of The People
www.talkleft.com 12/24/2008 — Responding to Reuel Marc Gerecht's defense of his pro-torture position, Kevin Drum writes : Sadly, I suspect that Gerecht is right: if torture had been put to a vote back in 2001, it would have passed. The language would have been prettied up, of ...
Responding to Reuel Marc Gerecht's defense of his pro-torture position, Kevin Drum writes : Sadly, I suspect that Gerecht is right: if torture had been put to a vote back in 2001, it would have passed. The language would have been prettied up, of ...
Video: Poll: Obama off to an approving start
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/25/2009 — Barack Obama is enjoying about a two-thirds approval rating for his first days as president, a poll released by the Gallup Organization found.
Barack Obama is enjoying about a two-thirds approval rating for his first days as president, a poll released by the Gallup Organization found.
More on Torture
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/13/2009 — A number of readers have taken me to task for not calling for the prosecution of George Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on . Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration ...
A number of readers have taken me to task for not calling for the prosecution of George Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on . Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration ...
Torture
www.motherjones.com 12/17/2008 — TORTURE.... Responding to Andrew Sullivan, Reuel Marc Gerecht defends his defense of torture:
I take it from your post that if you had been confronted on 7 September 2001 with a captured Khalid Shaykh Muhammad or Abu Zubaydah and you knew that a ...
TORTURE.... Responding to Andrew Sullivan, Reuel Marc Gerecht defends his defense of torture:
I take it from your post that if you had been confronted on 7 September 2001 with a captured Khalid Shaykh Muhammad or Abu Zubaydah and you knew that a ...
Cheney's delusions - Los Angeles Times
www.latimes.com 12/20/2008 — We probably shouldn't have been surprised at Vice President Dick Cheney's blustering, obstinate insistence on ABC News on Monday that he's been right all along about virtually everything. But that doesn't mean we have to agree. In the interview, ...
We probably shouldn't have been surprised at Vice President Dick Cheney's blustering, obstinate insistence on ABC News on Monday that he's been right all along about virtually everything. But that doesn't mean we have to agree. In the interview, ...
Video - Obama: U.S. 'will not torture'
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/23/2009 — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States 'will not torture' as it detains terrorism suspects and works to keep the country safe.
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States 'will not torture' as it detains terrorism suspects and works to keep the country safe.
Panetta On Torture
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/5/2009 — Here's Central Intelligence Agency director-designate Leon E. Panetta, writing about torture, in the Washington Monthly. Actually, no -- he's writing in the Washington Monthly about torture:
We have preached these values to the world. We have made ...
Here's Central Intelligence Agency director-designate Leon E. Panetta, writing about torture, in the Washington Monthly. Actually, no -- he's writing in the Washington Monthly about torture:
We have preached these values to the world. We have made ...
Holder: 'Waterboarding is torture'
www.politico.com 1/19/2009 — Signaling sharp breaks from the current admin, Holder declares that waterboarding is torture and says that Gitmo will be closed as quickly as possible.
Signaling sharp breaks from the current admin, Holder declares that waterboarding is torture and says that Gitmo will be closed as quickly as possible.
Video - Holder: Waterboarding is torture
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/15/2009 — Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr. declared Thursday that waterboarding is torture, forcefully breaking from years in which the Justice Department deftly avoided the sensitive question about U.S. interrogation methods.
Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr. declared Thursday that waterboarding is torture, forcefully breaking from years in which the Justice Department deftly avoided the sensitive question about U.S. interrogation methods.
Cheney Defends Torture: It ‘Would Have Been Unethical Or Immoral’ For Us Not To Torture
thinkprogress.org 12/18/2008 — In an interview earlier this week, Vice President Cheney admitted to personally approving the torture of high-profile detainees. In a new interview with the Washington Times, Cheney stridently defended the Bush administration’s torture ...
In an interview earlier this week, Vice President Cheney admitted to personally approving the torture of high-profile detainees. In a new interview with the Washington Times, Cheney stridently defended the Bush administration’s torture ...
More Obama Justice Dept. picks announced —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
(CNN) — The Obama transition released a Harvard-heavy list of Justice Department appointments Monday. Transition release follows after the jump.
WASHINGTON – Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the ...
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