Guardian.uk – Will Condoleezza rice be dogged for the rest of her life by questions about her role in the Bush administration’s harsh interrogation policies? Last week, Rice was confronted by a student at Stanford University student who asked her if the near-drowning technique known as waterboarding is torture. Yesterday, Rice was forced on the defensive by…
Information Clearing House Barack Obama, Torture Enabler By Ted Rall America is a nation of laws–laws enforced by Spain. John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, William Haynes and Douglas Feith wrote, authorized and promulgated the Justice Department “torture memos” that the Bush Administration used for legal cover. After World War II, German lawyers…
therawstory Turley: Spanish courts may be building case against Cheney David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster According to constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley, the prosecution of Bush’s so-called “torture lawyers” might just give Spanish prosecutors the “low lying fruit” needed to bring a case against Vice President Cheney. Appearing on Monday night’s edition of MSNBC’s…
Detainee’s Harsh Treatment Foiled No Plots Waterboarding, Rough Interrogation of Abu Zubaida Produced False Leads, Officials Say By Peter Finn and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda…
