President Obama is on record promising to close Guantanamo Bay. Three years into his presidency, however, the controversial prison is still detaining individuals accused of being terrorists. In addition President Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the indefinite detention and torture of anyone suspected of a belligerent act, including US [...]
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With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average of 18 US soldiers per day die. Many feel that the trauma of war is too much for soldiers handle when returning to civilian life. Jason [...]
December 24, 2011 | Filed under
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Congress voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. The 86 to 13 vote will allow the indefinite detention and torture of American citizens at home and abroad without a trial. The NDAA gives more power to the military and government and President Obama at one point said would veto the [...]
December 17, 2011 | Filed under
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Read Jeffrey Kaye’s in-depth report published on Truthout earlier this week on how certain interrogation techniques currently used by the US military and intelligence services in the Army Field Manual do not comply with international norms, such as the Geneva Conventions.
December 3, 2011 | Filed under
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When Obama was running for president he made the American people a promise to close Guantanamo Bay. The detention prison has been open for 10 years and was originally opened by the Bush administration. In his first week as president, Obama signed a mandate to close the facility within 2010. Years later, however, Guantanamo Bay [...]
November 15, 2011 | Filed under
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Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: The intelligence agencies had the information, the question is why didn’t they use it. See this in-depth report by Leopold published last month, which formed the basis for this interview.
September 11, 2011 | Filed under
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TPR and Truthout contributor Jeffrey Kaye talks about his recent report in which a whistle blower reveals senior military commanders prior to 9/11 blocked intelligence that located Bin Laden and predicted that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were likely targets of attack. Also see the follow-up story by Kaye and Jason Leopold published [...]
September 10, 2011 | Filed under
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A new report published by Truthout last week suggests that there may be much more to interrogation techniques and where they were used. This includes a little known testimony by former Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he described not waterboarding, but a form of water treatment. Jeffrey Kaye, [...]
August 8, 2011 | Filed under
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Investigative reporter Jason Leopold reports: The Air Force, in response to an exclusive report published by Truthout earlier this week, has withdrawn materials used in a training session that relied upon passages from the New and Old Testament and a quote [...]
July 31, 2011 | Filed under
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From RevolutionTruth.org Open Letter to the United States Government Regarding WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and the Fundamental Tenets of Democracy and Open Societies To President Obama, US Senators and Congressmen and women, Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice, and all of those involved in the attempt to prosecute Julian Assange, founder of the nonprofit [...]
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