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D.C. SNAPSHOT: Feith on Torture

By Harry Hanbury on Jul 15, 2008

Does a 20-hour interrogation involving "hooding" and "removal of clothing" constitute inhumane treatment? Rep. Jerrold Nadler sought answers from Douglas Feith, an architect of the Bush administration's harsh interrogation policies.

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Feith on Torture (long version)

By Harry Hanbury on Jul 15, 2008

Reporter's Notebook: Ten Lessons from Recent Torture Hearings

By David Murdock on Jul 14, 2008

The "enhanced interrogation tactics, " used in Guantanamo under orders from the Pentagon and the White House have been the subject of numerous hearings on Capitol Hill recently. The lawyers who approved the policies - which many call torture -- are under increasing pressure to explain how it was possible for such methods to be ordered by the United States government. More hearings are on the way.

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Bush Lawyers on Child Torture and Burial Alive

By Harry Hanbury on Jun 26, 2008

On June 26, 2008, John Yoo and David Addington, two leading architects of the Bush administration's policies on torture, testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Even seemingly simple questions yielded evasive answers.

Spencer Ackerman on Torture at Gitmo

By Davin Hutchins on Jun 25, 2008

June 26 is the UN's official day to show support for victims of torture. ANP caught up with Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman to see an exact replica of a Guatanamo Bay detention cell.

PROFILE: Guantanamo Lawyer Speaks Out

By Harry Hanbury on Jun 17, 2008

Despite its recent 5-4 rejection of the legal basis for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Supreme Court may flip back to support the Bush administration's views on executive power. Steven Wax, a Federal Public Defender who represents seven Gitmo prisoners, is in the middle of this Constitutional maelstrom.