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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."

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.'

Why Doesn't CIA Director Leon Panetta Want Torture Investigations?

John Sifton, The Daily Beast. April 13, 2009.

Leon Panetta's attempt to suppress the issue of CIA torture is turning Bush's policy into the Obama administration's dirty laundry.

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.

Psychologists to Obama: Don't Name Torture Apologist John Brenner CIA Director

Stephen Soldz, Psyche, Science, and Society. November 25, 2008.

An open letter from 200 psychologists and allies who are urging Obama not to select John Brennan to be Director of the CIA.

An Independent Prosecutor Should Investigate the Architects of the White House Torture Policy

Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. May 13, 2008.

It's not just administration officials who should be targeted for sanctioning torture. The lawyers who advised them should be prosecuted too.

Former Intelligence Officials Hold Ex-CIA Chief George Tenet's Feet to the Fire

Former CIA Officers, AlterNet. April 29, 2007.

Former CIA officers write to Tenet: "You were a willing participant in a poorly considered policy to start an unnecessary war and you share culpability with Dick Cheney and George Bush for the debacle in Iraq."

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