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Why Are Two Top Torture Lawyers Working for Obama?
David Swanson, After Downing Street AlterNet: PEEK. June 29, 2009.
People like John Rizzo and John Fredman should not be working for our government. They should be impeached. They should be prosecuted.
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.'
Tough Guys Hayden and Mukasey Defend Torture, Decry Release of the OLC Memos: Why They're Wrong
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, AlterNet. April 22, 2009.
Former Bush officials are trying to avoid accountability for their inhumane crimes. There is much you can do to make sure they don't get away with it.
CIA Confirms 12 of 92 Videotapes Destroyed Showed Prisoners Tortured
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. March 12, 2009.
ACLU: "This new information underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA's illegal interrogation methods."
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.
Obama Tested on Executive Privilege as Karl Rove is Subpoenaed (Again) Over Shady Dealings at DOJ
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 29, 2009.
Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman: "This is far more important than my case or Karl Rove. This is about restoring justice and preserving our democracy."
Rove's IT Guru Warned of Sabotage Before Fatal Plane Crash; Was Set to Testify
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. December 22, 2008.
Mike Connell, the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove, reportedly asked for protective custody from the government before he died.
Mukasey Will Not Prosecute Bush Officials Who Politicized DOJ
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 12, 2008.
Not even Monica Goodling will stand trial. I hate to say "I told you so" but ...
After Boumedine, What Next to Close Guantanamo?
The Progress ReportJuly 9, 2008.
Infighting and political grandstanding are holding up measures to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.
Mukasey Defends Torture Architects
Devin Montgomery, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 27, 2008.
In a recent speech, the AG said Bush's legal advisers "reached their conclusions in good faith" in accordance with "what the law required."
Mukasey Defends Yoo at BC Law Commencement
Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. May 27, 2008.
In his address to graduates, Attorney General Mukasey's offered a dangerous defense of Yoo.
Torturous Contradictions
Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. October 12, 2007.
Bush's insistence that "we don't torture" rings hollow in light of recent Department of Justice memos supporting the harshest techniques the CIA has ever used.
