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Haiti Loses Its U.S. Lifeboat

Posted on Mar 15, 2010, Source: ProPublica

The U.S.S. Comfort, the symbol of U.S. humanitarian aid and generosity, left Haiti last week. The U.S. military has judged that its relief mission has been completed.

Haitians Under U.S. Treatment Are Often Separated From Families

Posted on Feb 2, 2010, Source: ProPublica

The U.S. has brought medical services to thousands of Haitians. But a bureaucratic tangle has left some struggling to find loved ones who were taken away for treatment.

Top Secret CIA Cables Reveal Daily 'Medical Updates' on Abu Zubaydah, Who Was Waterboarded 83 Times

Posted on May 29, 2009, Source: ProPublica

The still-secret cables are among some 550 interrogation-related cables sent from CIA field stations to CIA headquarters in 2002.

The Sick Logic of the CIA Memos: Abuse Isn't Torture If a Doctor Is There

Posted on Apr 25, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Perhaps the most chilling aspect is that medical professionals apparently conducted a form of research on the detainees, without their consent.

Hospitals' Lessons From Hurricane Gustav

Posted on Sep 5, 2008, Source: ProPublica

The pre-storm medical evacuation -- the largest in American history -- revealed some critical flaws in American hospitals.
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