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torture stories: 304 news summaries

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(AP) - CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point." Panetta told The New Yorker that Cheney "smells some blood in the... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • torture • Leon Panetta

 London Cops 
 Waterboarded 
 Drug Suspects: 
 Report 

Officers also accused of fabricating evidence, theft

Jun 10, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - London police subjected accused pot dealers to waterboarding, charges a major inquiry into corruption and police brutality in the British capital. The investigation also claims that officers fabricated evidence and stole property from suspects in a drug case. Six officers are facing criminal proceedings, reports the Times of London, but... More »

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torture • War on Drugs • London • United Kingdom • Scotland Yard • waterboarding • police brutality

Khmer Rouge Chief Admits Smashing Babies

'Duch' accepts blame for killing babies, children, teens

Jun 9, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former chief jailer of the Khmer Rouge told a war crimes tribunal yesterday that it was standard policy to kill babies and children by smashing their heads against trees, the Independent reports. The commander, known as  Duch, accepted full responsibility for his actions. He told the tribunal that he... More »

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genocide • torture • trial • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

Interview

Laura Bush: Sotomayor a 'Good Nominee'

Former first lady says hubby is too gracious
to attack Obama

Jun 8, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - George and Laura Bush aren’t interested in criticizing the new administration, Laura Bush tells ABC News, and she actually supports Sonia Sotomayor. The former first lady called Sotomayor “a very interesting and good nominee,” adding, “As a woman, I’m proud that there might be another... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • Michelle Obama • Laura Bush • first lady • Sonia Sotomayor

Interview

 Gitmo Detainee: I Was Tortured 


Jun 8, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2002, Lakhdar Boumediene was a relief worker who cared for orphans. “I’m a normal man,” he says. So when the US shackled him and flew him to Guantanamo Bay, he thought he’d be freed soon. “They have CIA, FBI. Maybe one week, two weeks,... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • Boumediene v. Bush • Lakhdar Boumediene

Intelligence Pick Bows Out Over CIA Tactic Ties

Obama wanted Mudd for top Homeland Security post

Jun 5, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(AP) - President Barack Obama's pick for intelligence chief at the Homeland Security Department withdrew from consideration today amid questions about his role in the CIA's interrogations of suspected terrorists. Philip Mudd was scheduled to appear next week before senators, but notified the White House today that he was withdrawing his name... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Department of Homeland Security • interrogation • nominee

Dems Rip GOP for Sharing Interrogation Secrets

House Republicans
go on record after closed-door briefing

Jun 5, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are seething today after Republicans told the press about classified intelligence gleaned in a closed-door briefing about interrogation techniques. GOP members told the Hill they were informed that harsh techniques led to information that prevented terrorist attacks. That led Democrats to blast their rivals for disclosing secret information, triggering... More »

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Congress • torture • House Democrats • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • House Republicans • Jan Schakowsky

Cheney Championed Interrogations Before Congress

Veep intervened when legislators got twitchy

Jun 3, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney personally led at least four briefings with senior House and Senate members about harsh interrogation techniques, reports the Washington Post. The former vice president's interventions took place at critical moments when Congress was threatening to investigate or even outlaw techniques, such as waterboarding, that are widely considered torture.... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • John McCain • Dick Cheney • torture • Porter Goss • harsh interrogation • Lindsay Graham • enhanced interrogation techniques

'Mancow': Waterboarding
'Absolutely Real'

Says term 'hoax' used to throw off police, station management

May 30, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Erich “Mancow” Muller is outraged by the Gawker report that he faked his own waterboarding, the Chicago Tribune reports. The right-wing shock jock defended himself last night on MSNBC's Countdown: “It’s like saying that Mike Tyson’s daughter didn’t really hang herself,” he said. He... More »

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torture • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • waterboarding • hoax • Erich "Mancow" Muller

(Newser) - Erich “Mancow” Muller’s on-air waterboarding was a hoax, an anonymous tipster tells Gawker, forwarding a seemingly damning e-mail exchange between the shock jock’s publicist and a veterans group she was hoping could find a torturer. “It is going to have to look ‘real,’”... More »

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torture • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • waterboarding • hoax • Erich "Mancow" Muller • Countdown • Linda Shafran

(Newser) - The Pentagon denies a report that classified photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib depict rape and sexual abuse, Reuters reports. Britain’s Daily Telegraph “completely mischaracterized the images,” a spokesman said today. “None of the photos in question depict the images that are described.” The... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • torture • Abu Ghraib • Iraqi prisons • rape • Antonio Taguba • sexual abuse • sexual assault • torture photos • Daily Telegraph

 Abu Ghraib Photos 
 Reveal Rape: US Officer 

Guards raped male and female detainees, used wire for sex torture, according to probe

May 28, 09 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unreleased photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib depict apparent rape and sexual abuse, according to a retired American officer who conducted an inquiry at the infamous Iraqi prison. Two photos depict the rape of a male and a female prisoner, while others show sexual assaults using a truncheon, wire,... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • torture • Abu Ghraib • Iraqi prisons • rape • Antonio Taguba • sexual abuse • sexual assault • torture photos

(Newser) - Fidel Castro thinks those creative forms of interrogation used by the US amount to torture, and he criticized Dick Cheney for defending them, the AP reports. In an online essay, Castro argued that torture should never be used to get information from terror suspects. In fact, he went one better... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Fidel Castro • Cuba • waterboarding • harsh interrogation • enhanced interrogation techniques

Disgusted Mancow: Hannity Still Says It's Not Torture

"Sean, it is torture," wateboarded Mancow tells his buddy

May 27, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Right-wing mouth Sean Hannity, who chickened out on a dare to be waterboarded for charity, still claims the procedure is not torture, says conservative shock jock Erich "Mancow" Muller, who discovered firsthand it "absolutely" is. Mancow again described his experience being waterboarded to Keith Olbermann last night... More »

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torture • charity • Keith Olbermann • Sean Hannity • waterboarding • Erich "Mancow" Muller

(Newser) - A Chicago radio host submitted himself to a waterboarding demonstration to prove it isn’t torture, but it didn’t work out that way, NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV reports. “Way worse than I thought it would be, and that’s no joke,” Erich “Mancow” Muller said. “I... More »

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entertainment • torture • Chicago • talk radio • shock jocks • waterboarding • Erich "Mancow" Muller • NBC Local

ANALYSIS

You Can't See It, But Cheney's Pants Are on Fire

Ex-veep's speech full of torture distortions

May 22, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his full-on assault on the president's conterterrorism policies yesterday, Dick Cheney deployed an arsenal of “omissions, exaggerations and misstatements,” charge Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel of McClatchy. Among them:
  • Cheney claimed that harsh interrogations yielded vital, attack-preventing information and quoted Adm. Dennis Blair, director of national
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Dick Cheney • torture • Abu Ghraib • intelligence • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • torture memo • Dennis Blair

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Dick Cheney conspired to perpetuate the same myth yesterday, writes David Brooks of the New York Times. In their telling, we have seen a sharp break between Bush-Cheney terror policies and Obama-Biden ones. “This is a completely bogus distortion of history.” In reality, the... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • torture • Guantanamo Bay • waterboarding • David Brooks • Obama administration • enhanced interrogation techniques

(Newser) - A Democratic state lawmaker in Rhode Island thinks George W. Bush and some of his top cronies should be waterboarded for charity, reports the Westerly Sun. State Rep. Rod Driver sent letters via certified mail to Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice offering to donate $100 for every second they... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • Rhode Island • waterboarding • George W. Bush • enhanced interrogation techniques • Rod Driver

Cheney 'Answers' Obama, Defends Bush Policy

Says he's 'firm proponent' of 'enhanced interrogation program'

May 21, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney offered an “answer” to President Obama’s national-security speech today, standing up for the policies of the Bush administration and saying he remained “a strong proponent of our enhanced interrogation program,” CNN reports. “In the fight against terrorism,” Cheney said, “there is... More »

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Bush administration • national security • Dick Cheney • torture • terrorism • homeland security • vice president • harsh interrogation • President Obama

(Newser) - Standing in front of the Constitution, President Obama today delivered a watershed speech on terrorism, arguing that President Bush’s approach to war was, “quite simply, a mess.” He outlined his plan to clean up, saying he’ll try Guantanamo detainees in both federal court and military commissions... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Guantanamo Bay • speech • George W. Bush • detainees • military commissions • Obama administration • President Obama • torture photos

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