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Five Exceptional Nominees Locked Out Of Public Service By The Senate's Broken Rules

... “torture memos” justifying this illegal practice... that a repeat of the torture memos did not occur. Senate... opponent of torture, would lead the Department...

Published on November 29, 2012

Filibustered Federal Appeals Court Nominee Goodwin Liu Proves Himself ‘Anything But Extreme’ On State Bench

...,” torture memo author John Yoo called him “very well...

Published on October 23, 2012

UPDATED A Comprehensive Timeline Of Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Positions During The Campaign

... campaign memo urging Romney to “rescind and replace... that any return to the use of torture or any other so... by the interrogators who would be tasked with the torturing. [10...

Published on October 22, 2012

Even The Author Of The Torture Memos Thinks Republican Attacks On Campaign Contribution Limits Go Too Far

... memos authorizing torture during the Bush...

Published on October 18, 2012

Bush Lawyer: Proposed Romney Torture Policy Is 'Indisputably Illegal'

... unearthed an internal Romney campaign memo advising... interrogation techniques” if elected. Though the memo... interrogators” from torturing detainees. This Wednesday, Jack...

Published on October 03, 2012

Happy 46th Birthday, Freedom of Information Act

... money.” John Yoo’s torture memos. In 2008..., the ACLU successfully sued for the secret memos written... to torture prisoners to extract information. Yoo outlined...

Published on July 05, 2012

Rights Group Releases 'Torture Database' Of Bush-Era Interrogation Documents

... legal memos authorizing torture; autopsy reports... released their “Torture Database” website... is launching the Torture Database to help fill...

Published on June 26, 2012

Ninth Circuit Court Rules That John Yoo Is Protected From Torture Lawsuit

...) memos justifying the use of torture. The suit said... of torture memos Bybee signed, Marcy Wheeler writes... Yoo’s memos, which were signed by OLC head Jay Bybee...

Published on May 02, 2012

Ex-Top CIA Official On Destroying Torture Tapes: 'Just Getting Rid Of Some Ugly Visuals'

... of interrogations that involved torture — including 92... Obama and his administration’s anti-torture... ‘torturers’ by the president of the United States,” he...

Published on April 25, 2012

Former Bush Official Calls Torture Program 'Radical,' 'Untenable And Extreme'

... released a February 2006 memo from then... of “enhanced interrogation techniques” (i.e. torture) by CIA... concluded in the memo that the techniques DOJ authorized...

Published on April 10, 2012

Newly Declassified 2006 State Dept Memo Says Bush Interrogation Program Violated Convention Against Torture

... “torture memos” here and here. ... memo from then-Secretary of State Condoleezza... of “enhanced interrogation techniques” (i.e. torture...

Published on April 04, 2012

Senate GOP Still Fighting A War On Smart Judges

... distinction.” Torture memo author John Yoo called him...

Published on February 03, 2012
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