On AlterNet: abu zubaydah
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Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2009.
Zubaydah said he endured “months of suffering and torture” on the false premise that he was an al-Qaeda leader.
Agence France Presse June 15, 2009.
Newly released government transcripts reveal more details on the torture inflicted on "high value" prisoners during interrogations.
Sheri Fink, ProPublica. May 29, 2009.
The still-secret cables are among some 550 interrogation-related cables sent from CIA field stations to CIA headquarters in 2002.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 13, 2009.
The suspicious death of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was tortured into lying about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection, raises a series of troubling questions.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. May 1, 2009.
Obama's intent to immunize those who broke the law violates his constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
David Murdock, American News Project AlterNet: Video. April 29, 2009.
How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003?
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. April 27, 2009.
Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 26, 2009.
If the torture of the first "high-value detainee" was authorized by the Bybee memos, who ordered his torture 18 weeks before they were written?
Sheri Fink, ProPublica. April 25, 2009.
Perhaps the most chilling aspect is that medical professionals apparently conducted a form of research on the detainees, without their consent.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, AlterNet. April 22, 2009.
Former Bush officials are trying to avoid accountability for their inhumane crimes. There is much you can do to make sure they don't get away with it.
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 20, 2009.
Aside from the sheer number of times KSM and Abu Zubaydah were waterboarded, the CIA far exceeded the guidelines outlined in the torture memos.
Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet. April 17, 2009.
The memo's gross distortion of psychological research makes it hard to imagine they were used in "good faith" as the Obama administration says.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. March 12, 2009.
ACLU: "This new information underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA's illegal interrogation methods."
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. June 3, 2008.
With four more prisoners charged last week, the Bush administration seems intent on trying as many Guantánamo detainees as possible before November.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah has been held as a "high-value detainee" for over six years. His importance has been wildly exaggerated.