On AlterNet: carl levin

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "carl levin"

Battlefield America: Is Gitmo in Your Future?

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. December 4, 2011.

A retired top CIA analyst ponders if he could be arrested and held under the Senate's new military detention policy.

Sen. Carl Levin Plays War Games While His Home Town Detroit Falls Apart

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. July 1, 2010.

Detroit is careening off the cliff and elected official like Senator Levin are throwing trillions of dollars into a bloated military budget and unwinnable wars.

Former Bush General Defends DADT: "Gays Can Serve In the Military; They Just Can't Serve Openly"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. October 12, 2009.

In his speech to the Human Rights Campaign this weekend, President Obama pledged to "end" Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

"Now I Will Die": Beaten and Held in Prison Without Charge by the U.S. in Iraq

Michael Bronner, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. July 24, 2009.

Hussam Amin's story is not one the Bush Administration meant to be heard, at least not for a while.

Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions, Describes Brutal Treatment of Teenage Detainee

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. July 13, 2009.

Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld: "I am here today to offer a single, straightforward message: the military commission system is broken beyond repair."

Thousands of Pages of Evidence and a Quarter Million Signatures: What Will It Take For Attorney General to Prosecute Torture Crimes?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 24, 2009.

Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.

A Closer Look at Obama's 'New' Position on Torture Prosecutions

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 22, 2009.

Is Obama really opening the door for accountability? Or will the result be a bipartisan whitewash commission?

Declassified Report: Bush Admin Solicited Torture 'Wish List,' Ordered 'Communist' Tactics

Stephen Webster, Diane Sweet, Raw Story. April 22, 2009.

Sen. Carl Levin recommends AG Eric Holder appoint a 'distinguished individual or individuals' to 'establish accountability of high-level officials.'

Could Today's Senate Hearings on Torture Lead to Charges Against the Bush Administration?

Jeffrey S. Kaye, Invictus. September 25, 2008.

They could, if the right questions were asked.

Retired General: "The Current Administration Has Committed War Crimes"

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. June 23, 2008.

As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."

How the Pentagon Turned an Interrogation Resistance Program into a Blueprint for Torture

Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent. June 19, 2008.

At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week, answers about the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogations" finally came to light.