Torture

At Long Last—The Truth About U.S. Torture »

By Alfred W. McCoy, April 21, 2013

Look how far we have slid down the slippery slope of human rights abuse.read more

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A Hollywood Protest Against "Zero Dark Thirty"  »

By Ed Rampell, February 19, 2013

David Clennon and others denounced the film’s “despicable message.”read more

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Romney Wants to Waterboard Again: Bringing Torture Back »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 28, 2012

The neocons and Cheneyites are just biding their time, waiting for their opportunity to abuse power once more.read more

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Oliver Stone: Don’t Complain About Torture in “Savages” »

By Ed Rampell, July 9, 2012

“What about Iraq? What about what’s going on in the Middle East? What about our wars? Wars come home to roost. Who the f**k is kidding who?”read more

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U.S. Leaves a Trail of Torture

October 11, 2011

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Bush Can’t Travel Abroad Without Risking Arrest »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 15, 2010

The confessed waterboarder is a marked man. If he travels abroad, other countries can—and should—nab him and try him for the crime of torture.read more

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Shame on Holder and Panetta for Not Going after CIA Destruction of Torture Evidence »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 10, 2010

At his confirmation hearing, Attorney General Eric Holder said, “No one is above the law.” But that was then.read more

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Cheney Mimics Pinochet in Rationalizing Torture »

By Matthew Rothschild, August 31, 2009

He shares a mentality with the Chilean dictator: Anything goes in the protection of the Fatherland.read more

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Asking Dick Cheney Whether He Approves of the Torture Investigations is like Asking Charles Manson Whether He Wants the Sharon Tate Murder Investigated.

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Prosecute Terror, Inc.

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Obama Is Becoming an Accessory after the fact to War Crimes »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 14, 2009

By not prosecuting the torturers and those ordered torture, and by not releasing the torture photos, Obama is staining himself with the crimes of his predecessor. And that’s a crime.read more

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Obama More than a Ray of Light on Torture

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Obama Unforgivably Lets the Torture Bosses Go

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Shame on Obama for Letting Torturers, and Their Bosses, Go »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 17, 2009

There is now a clear, prima facie case that the Bush lawyers, and by extension, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush, were all conspiring to commit torture. And that’s a war crime, according to our own statutes.read more

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The Spanish’s Judge vs. Bush’s Architects of Torture »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 30, 2009

My only wish is that Judge Garzón would expand his list of targets to include Rumsfeld, Cheney, and yes, Bush, too.read more

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