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torture stories: 304 news summaries

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OPINION

Rove: Pelosi's an Accomplice to Torture

'Someone appears not to be telling the truth' about waterboarding

May 14, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove indulges in a bit of revenge on Nancy Pelosi in his Wall Street Journal column today, writing that "the political persecution of Bush administration officials she has been pushing may now ensnare her." As evidence mounts that the CIA told her as early as 2002 about... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • Karl Rove • waterboarding • Porter Goss • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta

ANALYSIS

Obama's Photo Flip-Flop Has Political Roots

White House wasn't prepared for scale
of torture outrage

May 14, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's about-face on the release of photographs of abused detainees has angered civil libertarian groups, who have denounced the president for turning back on campaign promises. But as Politico writes, the move demonstrated how carefully the administration is treading on an issue that has become explosive, subsuming George Bush's... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • torture • abuse • detainee • photograph • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • torture photos

Courts Unlikely to Block Release of Torture Pics

White House has slim hopes for appeal, may look to Congress

May 14, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has said he wants to prevent the publication of photos depicting abuse of  detainees, but legal experts say the White House has an uphill battle in reversing the court decision to release them. The administration thinks that the Bush-era lawyers did not make a sufficiently strong case in... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Freedom of Information Act • Joe Lieberman • abuse • detainee • photograph • Lindsey Graham • civil lawsuits • Obama administration

analysis

Anti-Torture Memo May Embarrass Bush Camp


May 13, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Probably the most newsworthy item out of today’s Senate hearing into alleged torture techniques is that a memo written by a former State Department counselor who questioned their legality has been located and may be released, writes Zachary Roth for Talking Points Memo. Philip Zelikow’s memo, which he... More »

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Congress • torture • Senate • Lindsey Graham • Sheldon Whitehouse • harsh interrogation

updated

 Obama Reverses, 
 Will Block Release  
 of Abuse Photos 

In reversal, president says images would endanger US troops

May 13, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has reversed position and will oppose the release of abuse photos of detainees in US custody, the Washington Post reports. "The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • torture • American Civil Liberties Union • abuse • detainee • photograph • harsh interrogation • decision • Obama administration • President Obama • Jay-ZTV

Analysis

 Publicity Hound 
 Cheney Makes 
 Strategic Return 

Ex-VP setting himself, party up to benefit from another 9/11

May 13, 09 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney isn’t in an undisclosed location anymore. The former VP is suddenly waging a one-man campaign defending the Bush administration’s interrogation tactics. Even he can’t believe that’s a great political move, writes Michael Duffy of Time, so what’s he up to? It’s... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • political strategy • President Obama

(Newser) - Republicans are slamming Nancy Pelosi for saying she felt she had no recourse when informed of harsh interrogation tactics in 2003, Politico reports. “If she felt it was wrong, she should have acted,” John McCain said. Some critics suggest the House speaker could have written a letter or... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • John McCain • CIA • torture • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • Lamar Alexander • Carl Levin • waterboarding • House Intelligence Committee

(Newser) - The White House is rethinking its promise to release photos of detainees being abused in US custody, press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested yesterday, saying President Obama has “great concern” about the impact they would have. At issue are 44 photos targeted in a Freedom of Information Act suit by... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union • Freedom of Information Act • harsh interrogation • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs

US Threatens
to Limit Intel Sharing With UK

... if British courts release details on Guantanamo abuse

May 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration says it will cut down on intelligence sharing with the UK if British courts reveal details on the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee, the Washington Times reports. In a letter to the British Foreign Office, the administration says that releasing a report on the treatment of... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • United Kingdom • US intelligence • Britain • Obama administration • British Intelligence • Binyam Mohamed • Jay-ZTV

Liz Cheney:
Dad Is Not a
Crazy Old Coot

Duty calls him to forgo retirement to bash Obama, daughter says

May 12, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Cheney went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, firing back at Washington Post scribe Eugene Robinson for calling her dad a “crazy old coot.” Robinson had said we ought to send Cheney “back to Wyoming” where he could rant in peace. “My dad... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Gene Robinson • harsh interrogation • Liz Cheney

OPINION

 Let's Put Cheney Out to Pasture 

VP is a veritable font of nonsense

May 12, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Isn’t it time we sent Dick Cheney back to Wyoming, found him a home “where the buffalo roam and there’s always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store?” Eugene Robinson asks in the Washington Post. It’s no wonder the TV networks... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Rush Limbaugh • Gene Robinson • Wyoming • Colin Powell • harsh interrogation

OPINION

 Cheney Might 
 Be Right 
 on Torture 

Despite his record, Cheney might be telling the truth this time

May 12, 09 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's hard to believe a word Dick Cheney says but that doesn't mean his claims that "enhanced interrogation" saved lives should be dismissed out of hand, Richard Cohen writes in the Washington Post. The former vice president has been loudly defending the program, and it would be a mistake... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • torture memo

GOP: Torture Probe Must Include Pelosi

Republicans say speaker knew; hope to quiet Dems on matter

May 11, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As calls continue for an investigation of Bush administration officials over torture, Republicans think they may have an ace in the hole: Nancy Pelosi, they say, knew waterboarding had taken place but didn’t try to stop it. Some Republicans think threatening the House Speaker will make her and fellow... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • torture • investigation • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • Obama administration

 'Torture Sheik' Detained 


May 10, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Abu Dhabi prince captured on videotape torturing a grain merchant has been detained by authorities, CNN reports. Sheik Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan is under house arrest pending an investigation, officials of the United Arab Emirates have told the US State Department. The videotape shows the prince beating, burning and... More »

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torture • State Department • house arrest • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • Arab • detention • UAE • Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

OPINION

Christian Silence on Torture Speaks Volumes


May 9, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The silence emanating from the Christian right on torture has been deafening, writes Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. One prominent Christian conservative finally came out against the practice, saying it “violates everything we stand for,” but he is conspicuously alone and was conspicuously silent during the... More »

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torture • Republican evangelicals • Bible • Christian conservatives • Christian right • George W. Bush

 CIA Told Pelosi About 
 Waterboarding: Report 

Newly released documents show speaker was briefed in 2002

May 8, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders received multiple briefings on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, according to new information released by the Obama administration. Records suggest that Pelosi learned of the CIA's interrogation of Abu Zubaydah in a September 2002 briefing that covered the "... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • congressional Democrats • waterboarding • Jay Rockefeller • House Democrats • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

(Newser) - An increasing number of women are being tortured and murdered in a series of witch hunts in Papua New Guinea, reports the Independent. The problem is so severe that the government has launched a new commission to address it. Women are often blamed for any untimely death in a tribe.... More »

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torture • crime • Papua New Guinea • murder • witches • Stop Snitching • witch doctors • witch hunt

Bush Lawyers Face Calls for Dismissal

But disbarring Yoo
or impeaching Bybee
is an uphill battle

May 7, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has signaled it won't prosecute the Bush administration lawyers who approved interrogation tactics widely considered to be torture, but they may have trouble keeping their jobs. A forthcoming report from the DoJ will recommend possible disciplinary action by state bar associations for the Bush lawyers, sources tell... More »

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torture • Department of Justice • impeachment • UC Berkeley • John Yoo • harsh interrogation • Jay Bybee

OPINION

Obama Must Oppose Spain's Bush Lawyer Probe: Bolton

Only our Constitution should judge policy decisions

May 6, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s "John Ehrlichman approach" to Spain’s investigation of Bush officials may be “smart politics,” but it’s dangerous for the country, writes John Bolton in the Washington Post. If the administration doesn’t speak out against the probe, it allows an “unaccountable... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Spain • John Bolton • lawyer • harsh interrogation • criminal prosecution • President Obama • prosecutions • Baltasar Garzon

(Newser) - The Bush lawyers who gave their blessing to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques should not face criminal charges, a Justice Department report has concluded. The report does, however, say that Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury showed poor judgment and suggests that state bar associations consider reprimands and... More »

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CIA • torture • Department of Justice • waterboarding • John Yoo • harsh interrogation • Steven Bradbury • Jay Bybee

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