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GOP Senators: U.S. Faces Terrorist Attack if Holder Probes Bush's Torture Program

Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. August 26, 2009.

In a craven attempt to keep CIA abuses under wraps, nine senators wrote to the attorney general warning him not to appoint a special prosecutor.

Obama's Radical Detention Plan Is Dangerous and Must Be Fought

Ari Melber, Huffington Post. July 8, 2009.

Even George W. Bush, who so pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely.

Justice Dept. Investigators Say No Criminal Prosecutions for Torture Lawyers, Just 'Disciplinary Actions'

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. May 6, 2009.

Federal investigators say the torture memo authors only committed 'serious lapses of judgment,' not crimes. Critics say that's 'outrageous.'

What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 29, 2009.

The lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memo explain why prosecutions, not a truth commission, are the only right thing.

We Can Win the Fight to Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers

David Swanson, After Downing Street. April 21, 2009.

A push for accountability is a deterrent to future crimes, even if it fails. But remember: they won't tell us we're succeeding until we already have.

Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 20, 2009.

While Democratic leaders stay silent on Obama's refusal to hold torturers accountable, activists call on Congress to impeach.