Congressman Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday reiterating his calls for a special prosecutor to probe the Bush administration’s use of torture against alleged “high-value” detainees captured in the “war on terror” and pressed Holder not to limit any possible investigation into interrogators who acted in “bad faith.” It’s [...]
August 4, 2009 | Filed under
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Human rights groups are asking United Nations officials to investigate the case of an Italian citizen and victim of the “extraordinary rendition” program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who is currently being held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Geneva-based [...]
June 26, 2009 | Filed under
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The Senate unanimously passed a measure Wednesday evening to block the release of photographs depicting U.S. Soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The legislation will now be sent to the House, but it’s unclear whether Democratic lawmakers will support it. The photo ban was previously included as an amendment in a $106 billion Iraq/Afghanistan [...]
June 18, 2009 | Filed under
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On Jan. 25, 2002, then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales advised George W. Bush in a memo to deny al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners protections under the Geneva Conventions because doing so would “substantially reduces the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act” and “provide a solid defense to any future prosecution.” Two weeks [...]
June 13, 2009 | Filed under
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