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Pelosi, Torture and the Year America Lost Its Moorings

PoliticsDaily.com, 5/12/09
Aside from claiming to be a sex addict, it is hard to find a Washington excuse as cynical as that fine old whine: Everybody does it. This bipartisan notion of equality in sin has long been applied to earmarks, friendship with lobbyists, favors for campaign contributors -- and now, winking at torture.
Don't Rule Out Prosecutions
The National Law Journal, 5/04/09
In the wake of President Obama's praiseworthy decision to make public the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel torture memos, some commentators have taken the view that the Obama administration should rule out the possibility of torture prosecutions. Not so fast.

 
Spanish court opens investigation of Guantánamo torture allegations
The Guardian, 4/29/09
A court in Spain has today opened an investigation into torture allegations against US military personnel at the Guantánamo detention centre.

 
Democrats urge torture probe by special counsel

Associated Press, 4/29/09
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Tuesday to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.
In 2002, Military Agency Warned Against 'Torture'

Washington Post, 4/25/09

The military agency that provided advice on harsh interrogation techniques for use against terrorism suspects referred to the application of extreme duress as "torture" in a July 2002 document sent to the Pentagon's chief lawyer and warned that it would produce "unreliable information."
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  • Pelosi, Torture and the Year America Lost Its Moorings

    • PoliticsDaily.com, 5/12/09
    Aside from claiming to be a sex addict, it is hard to find a Washington excuse as cynical as that fine old whine: Everybody does it. This bipartisan notion of equality in sin has long been applied to earmarks, friendship with lobbyists, favors for campaign contributors -- and now, winking at torture.

    05/12/2009
  • Don't Rule Out Prosecutions
    • The National Law Journal, 5/04/09
    In the wake of President Obama's praiseworthy decision to make public the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel torture memos, some commentators have taken the view that the Obama administration should rule out the possibility of torture prosecutions. Not so fast.