On AlterNet: office of legal counsel
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Andy Worthington, AlterNet. September 9, 2009.
A Spanish newspaper reports that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against attorneys who implemented torture at Guantánamo.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 20, 2009.
As Cheney told ABC News: "I was aware of the program ... and involved in helping get the process cleared ... I supported it."
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.
Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. April 28, 2009.
Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.
Sheri Fink, ProPublica. April 25, 2009.
Perhaps the most chilling aspect is that medical professionals apparently conducted a form of research on the detainees, without their consent.
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.
Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. March 30, 2009.
The GOP is threatening an ugly fight over an Obama Justice Department appointee who wants to disclose more Bush-era torture memos.
Chisun Lee, ProPublica. January 30, 2009.
An interactive guide to the Bush administration's classified legal opinions in the 'War on Terror' reveals how much we still don't know.
