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Bill Moyers: How Can the U.S. Be an Empire and a Democracy at the Same Time?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. October 20, 2009.

An interview with Mark Danner, whose new book, Stripping Bare the Body, explores the strange notion of a democratic empire and the wars it wages.

Top Secret CIA Cables Reveal Daily 'Medical Updates' on Abu Zubaydah, Who Was Waterboarded 83 Times

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. May 29, 2009.

The still-secret cables are among some 550 interrogation-related cables sent from CIA field stations to CIA headquarters in 2002.

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.

Secret Report Reveals Role of Medical Personnel in Torture at CIA Black Sites

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 6, 2009.

The report describes "three principal roles" played by medical professionals, including "monitoring the ongoing ill-treatment" of prisoners.

Bush Heads to Canada, Canadians Amass Shoes

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 17, 2009.

As George W. Bush travels north to give a speech (in exchange for a six-figure speaking fee), Canadians call for his arrest for war crimes.

"Secret" Red Cross Report Confirms More Torture at CIA Black Sites

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 16, 2009.

Prisoners described being put in dog collars, having their heads slammed against walls, and forced inside "coffin-like" boxes.