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Will Attorney General Eric Holder's Torture Probe Let Senior Bush Officials Off the Hook?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. July 14, 2009.
Anti-torture lawyers argue that any investigation must target the whole torture system, including its legal architects and those who gave the orders.

Five New Reasons (and One Old One) Why We Must Close Guantanamo Now

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 6, 2009.
A surprising poll shows that by wide margins, Americans don't want to see Gitmo shut down -- here's why it should be closed forever.

Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. May 15, 2009.
The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals.

Spain Launches Wide-Ranging Criminal Investigation Into U.S. Torture. When Will Obama?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 29, 2009.
Spain is doing what should be done in the U.S.: Treating these severe crimes as crimes. Human rights lawyers say Obama should follow suit.

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.

Gen. Petraeus Denies U.S. Torture; Meanwhile Pinochet Judge Launches Criminal Probe of Bush Attorneys

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 30, 2009.
The six targets named include former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who could face "immediate arrest" upon entering Spain.

Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes

Naomi Wolf, AlterNet. March 25, 2009.
Legal expert Michael Ratner calls the legal arguments made in the infamous Yoo memos, "Fuhrer's law."

The Case for Establishing a Truth Commission for Bush's Torture and Spying Crew

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 6, 2009.
On Capitol Hill, debate has begun over forming a truth commission to shed light on the Bush administration’s secret and illegal terror polices.

Rendition is a Horrible, Violent Crime in Any Form -- It Should Not Be U.S. Policy

Marjorie Cohn, Jurist Legal News and Research. February 16, 2009.
The U.S. government should disclose the names, fate, and whereabouts of all persons rendered by the CIA since 2001.

The Questions Eric Holder Should Be Asked

The NationJanuary 15, 2009.
David Cole, Michael Ratner, John Nichols and others pose the questions the attorney general nominee should be asked at his confirmation hearing.

OK Barack, Time to Hit the Ground Running

AlterNetNovember 5, 2008.
Michael Ratner, John Cusack, Dahlia Lithwick, Roberto Lovato, Antonia Juhasz, Amie Newman, Dean Baker and many others on where we should go.

The Dark Side: Laura Flanders Talks Torture on GRITtv

Laura Flanders, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. July 22, 2008.
Who will hold the architects of the war on terror accountable?

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