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The President’s Speech

…here tonight and say without exception or equivocation that the United States of America does not torture. In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a new era…

The Shape of the Future

…like water torture – drip by drip by drip over an extended period of time until all these excesses are squeezed out of the system and new and happier horizons…

Tic Tac Toe, Supreme Court style

…caused by defectively designed or labeled medical devices.” But Scalia, in response, said, “It is not our job to speculate upon congressional motives.” The Bush administration sided with industry, saying…

Confusing a Metaphor with the Real Thing

…the Congress, the courts, and the American people to do, regarding the suspension of certain civil liberties, the permission to torture and detain people indefinitely without trial, and the ability…

Did Cheney Initiate a Policy of Prisoner Abuse?

…coincidence, this news comes the same day that Cheney visited Capitol Hill to lobby for a CIA exemption from anti-torture rules; – This news suggests that the Vice President circumvented…

MTP Panel and Capital Gang on the Iraq War

…a couple of GOP Senators: HUNT: But I think his answers this week on the torture memos were not only disappointing, but you wonder if he gets it. As Republican…

One Honorable Man

…Ghraib was involved in torture. I’m sure some didn’t know, some knew and tried to pretend it wasn’t happening, and one chose to do something about it: The court also…

…beginning, more and more evidence is emerging that the torture methods used in the prison were approved at the very highest levels of the military and the US government. Kash…