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Families Sue Over So-Called Guantanamo 'Suicides'

Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 20, 2010.

The families are asking a federal court to hold the U.S. government accountable for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.

Taibbi: No More Compromise -- Obama Must Wholly Reject Bush's Dictator Policies

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. June 1, 2009.

The recent haggling over Guantanamo is such classic Democratic Party politics, it's almost laughable. Almost, except that it's, you know, revolting.

American Amnesia: We Forget Our Atrocities Almost As Soon as We Commit Them

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com. May 20, 2009.

Historical amnesia is a dangerous social phenomenon because it lays the groundwork for crimes that still lie ahead.

'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 11, 2009.

The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.

"Secret" Red Cross Report Confirms More Torture at CIA Black Sites

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 16, 2009.

Prisoners described being put in dog collars, having their heads slammed against walls, and forced inside "coffin-like" boxes.

CIA Confirms 12 of 92 Videotapes Destroyed Showed Prisoners Tortured

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."

Executive Orders to Close Secret Prisons Mark Beginning of the End of Lawlessness

Center for Constitutional RightsJanuary 22, 2009.

Under Bush, executive orders meant shredding the Constitution. It's uplifting to see them used to set things right.

Murky CIA Activity at Military Outposts

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 7, 2008.

Foreign military bases have served as launch pads for American military adventures. Increasingly, they are also being used as CIA 'black sites'.

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