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Word from the Hood: IfP Madison’s Torture Theater
[Richard S. Russell writes about IfP Madison’s Torture Theater July 7, 2007 on the Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus.] OK, I know that’s a misleading title, but I hope it got your attention anyway. The hood I’m referring to is black, was made of cloth, and spent a couple of hours…
Trump’s Approval Ratings Hit Another Low
Time – President Donald Trump’s approval ratings fell to 35% Tuesday — another new low for the president during his first months in office. The approval ratings produced by Quinnipiac University are a drop from the last national poll, released March 22, which showed Trump’s approval at 37%. Trump’s ratings fall under former President Barack Obama’s…
White House Pushes Waterboarding Rationale
By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post After years of refusing public comment on a particularly harsh CIA interrogation method, top Bush administration officials have suddenly begun pressing a controversial argument that it was legal for the CIA to strap prisoners to a board and pour water over their face to make them believe they were…
Court Reverses Bush on Archive Secrecy
By JoAnne Allen, Reuters A federal judge on Monday tossed out part of a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep some of their presidential papers secret indefinitely. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the U.S. Archivist’s reliance on the executive order to delay release of the papers of…
Schumer signals support for prosecution of Bush officials
therawstory David Edwards and Jeremy Gantz Echoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s words one week ago, New York Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday that he could support prosecution for Bush officials that participated in torture or broke other laws. “If there are egregious cases, I don’t think you can say, blanket, no prosecutions,” Schumer…
