torture

Closing Down Gitmo Part 1: An interview with David Cole

dmurdock — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:34:27 -0800

President-elect Barack Obama says closing down the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay will be a top priority of his new administration. David Cole, author of Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America's War on Terror, legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, reviews some of the dilemmas ahead. Should the U.S. continue to hold prisoners without charge? Should we prosecute the top Bush Administration officials responsible for detainee abuse? And how do we regain the respect of the world community?

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Feith on Torture

hhanbury — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:03:24 -0700

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)

hhanbury — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:04:04 -0700

Reporter's Notebook: Ten Lessons from Recent Torture Hearings

dmurdock — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:59:02 -0700

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

hhanbury — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:34:53 -0700

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

dhutchins — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:09:16 -0700

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

hhanbury — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:50:32 -0700

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.