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A Prosecutor Lets Berkeley's Infamous Torture Professor off the Hooknew
In a long-awaited report released late last week, a career prosecutor in the US Department of Justice said UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo should not be held liable for authorizing torture and warrantless wiretaps while working for the Bush administration.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
02-24-2010 |
Politics
Senator Brownback Lacks Good Intelligence for His Gitmo Fightnew
Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback's office cannot produce any primary evidence to support its claim that bringing Gitmo detainees to Leavenworth would imperil the relationship building that takes place at the Command and General Staff College.
The Supreme Court is One Justice Away from Tyrannynew
You can look at the court's decision on Guantanamo this way: We are only one Supreme Court justice away from real tyranny. Sen. John McCain says as president he would appoint justices exactly like Bush's two. Based on his past opposition to torture and Guantanamo, he's probably lying about that, although he joined Bush in denouncing the habeas decision. It is nevertheless a risk worth avoiding.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
06-19-2008 |
Commentary
America: The 'Oops' Nation
Prisoners at Guantánamo and possibly other American gulags, will now be allowed to demand their day in court. Since the government doesn't have evidence against them, legal experts say, most if not all of "the worst of the worst" will ultimately walk free. "Liberty and security can be reconciled," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority.
In short: Oops.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-16-2008 |
Commentary
911 Is Our Only Hope
George W. Bush confesses to ABC News that he knew about and authorized torture of detainees, many of whom died from abuse. Forget impeachment--D.C. police must arrest the torturer and murderer at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-28-2008 |
Commentary
The Bush Administration Gets Away with Torturenew
The torture memoranda written for Bush by John C. Yoo will someday appear in a compendium of infamous documents of American history alongside the slavery tracts, Roosevelt's order relocating West Coast Japanese to compounds in Arkansas and elsewhere and Hirabayashi v. United States, the first U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed its correctness.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Torturous Truthnew
Senator Richard Durbin was not misunderstood. It wasn't the Nazi reference that got him in trouble -- it was telling the truth.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-11-2005 |
Commentary
Abu Ghraib Raises Question of "Moral Extraterritoriality"new
It was Dostoyevsky who said you can judge a society by its prisons. It is how Saddam was judged, and it is sadly now how many around the world will judge the U.S.
The Village Voice |
Ted Gup |
05-19-2004 |
Commentary
