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Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 22, 2009.
The accountability debate is far from over.
Agence France Presse June 14, 2009.
Lawyers for Padilla, who was arrested in 2002 for supposed plans to unleash a "dirty bomb," hold Yoo, a former OLC lawyer, responsible for his torture.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. May 1, 2009.
Obama's intent to immunize those who broke the law violates his constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Willam Fisher, IPS News. March 25, 2009.
As a condition for his release, the U.S. government told Binyam Mohamed to plead guilty, deny torture, and not to talk to media.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 9, 2009.
Obama's DOJ lawyers are trying to get a judge to toss out a lawsuit by the so-called "enemy combatant," who was tortured under Bush.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. February 4, 2009.
The Supreme Court is poised to hear what could be one of the most consequential cases in U.S. history.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 16, 2008.
Mohamed was brutally tortured after being rendered by the CIA to Morocco. "We're going to change your brain," one of his captors said.
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."
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 17, 2007.
Jose Padilla has been found guilty in court and faces possible life in prison, but forensic psychiatrist Dr. Angela Hegarty explains after interviewing him that Padilla already paid the ultimate price through torture -- he's lost his mind.
