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Obama Is Secretly Deploying Elite U.S. Forces to Countries Across the Globe

Jeremy Scahill, TheNation.com. June 4, 2010.

Teams working for the Joint Special Operations Command have been deployed to Iran, Georgia, Ukraine, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Yemen, Pakistan and the Philippines.

Report: British Soldiers Using Models of Mosques for Target Practice

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 8, 2010.

While a military spokesman denied the structures were meant to be mosques, he defended the use of props 'that replicate the environment [soldiers] will be deployed to.'

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.

Deportations & Mosque Closings: The War on Terror's Domestic Toll

Stephan Salisbury, Nation Books. March 11, 2010.

The War on Terror has ravaged many Muslim communities in the United States. Clerics and other community leaders are deported with no due process.

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Gitmo Torture Case Claiming Detainees Are Not "Persons"

Center for Constitutional RightsDecember 14, 2009.

Defense attorney: "Future prospective torturers can now draw comfort from this decision."

Why a "Gang of Seven" Former CIA Directors Are Trying to Block Holder's Torture Investigation

Ray McGovern, AlterNet. September 21, 2009.

Seven former CIA directors are asking Obama to "reverse Attorney General Holder's August 24 decision to re-open the criminal investigation of CIA interrogations."

Cartoon: Hello Mr. Rumsfeld, Did You Hear Van Jones Resigned?

Lee Camp, Huffington Post. September 7, 2009.

A National Portrait: Van Jones Edition

What's the Best Way to Read the Latest Donald Rumsfeld Biography?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 23, 2009.

Bradley Graham's "By His Own Rules" is an exhaustively researched piece on Rumsfeld. Maybe that's why it's not so great.

The 13 Bush Officials Who Made Torture Possible

Marcy Wheeler, Salon. May 22, 2009.

The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.

Report: Rumsfeld's Top Secret Intelligence Reports Were Covered in Biblical Quotes

Agence France PresseMay 18, 2009.

Rumsfeld displayed the passages over photographs of U.S. forces in Iraq to curry favor with then president George W. Bush.

Spain Launches Wide-Ranging Criminal Investigation Into U.S. Torture. When Will Obama?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 29, 2009.

Spain is doing what should be done in the U.S.: Treating these severe crimes as crimes. Human rights lawyers say Obama should follow suit.

The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs

Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. April 28, 2009.

Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.

Who Ordered the Torture of Abu Zubaydah?

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?

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.

FBI Weren't the Only Ones Objecting to Torture ... So Did the Army, Marines & Air Force

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. April 23, 2009.

Donald Rumsfeld defied the recommendations of the Army, the Navy, and the Marines when he approved torture.

Life After Torture: Righteousness Can Still Overcome Evil to Achieve Justice for Bush Crimes

Ray McGovern, AlterNet. April 12, 2009.

The stay-out-of-jail pass given to the perpetrators of accumulated evil under Bush is bound to expire.

Warnings Over Obama's Dangerous Afghanistan Plan Falling on Deaf Ears

Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 30, 2009.

Strategists argue that escalating U.S. airstrikes and raids in Pakistan could actually strengthen radical jihadi groups.

War Criminals, Including Their Lawyers, Must Be Prosecuted

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 24, 2009.

We need a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute criminal lawyers like John Yoo who gave Bush et al legal cover.

NBC's "One-Man Military-Industrial-Media Complex"

Diane Farsetta, PR Watch. December 8, 2008.

As a consultant for military contractors, retired general and Pentagon pundit Barry McCaffrey is a first-class war profiteer.

New Evidence Shows Bush Had No Plan to Catch bin Laden After 9/11

Gareth Porter, IPS News. October 7, 2008.

Mere weeks after 9/11, the Bush administration was too busy planning to invade Iraq to follow through on its mission in Afghanistan.

The Hidden Cost of War: Watch How Fast $3 Trillion Adds Up

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. October 3, 2008.

GOOD Magazine's animated look at the ballooning dollar signs.

Sarah Palin Links Iraq to 9/11

John Nichols, The Nation. September 12, 2008.

Palin has repeated the long discredited claim that the invasion of Iraq was a necessary response to the September 11th attacks.

Washington Warmongering Monsters!

Brave New Films, Brave New Films. July 25, 2008.

A fake horror movie trailer spoofing the current administration.

News You Might Have Missed: Court Confirms President's Dictatorial Powers

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. July 22, 2008.

A 5 to 4 ruling in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri legitimizes the president's right to indefinitely imprison "enemy combatants."

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."