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The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs

The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs

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.

The Sick Logic of the CIA Memos: Abuse Isn't Torture If a Doctor Is There

The Sick Logic of the CIA Memos: Abuse Isn't Torture If a Doctor Is There

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.

Military Agency Warned Bush Admin in 2002 That its Interrogation Program Was 'Torture'

Military Agency Warned Bush Admin in 2002 That its Interrogation Program Was 'Torture'

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2009.
The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Warned that the interrogation program would produce "unreliable information."

Declassified Report: Bush Admin Solicited Torture 'Wish List,' Ordered 'Communist' Tactics

Declassified Report: Bush Admin Solicited Torture 'Wish List,' Ordered 'Communist' Tactics

Stephen Webster, Diane Sweet, Raw Story. April 22, 2009.
Sen. Carl Levin recommends AG Eric Holder appoint a 'distinguished individual or individuals' to 'establish accountability of high-level officials.'

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month

Emptywheel, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 20, 2009.
Aside from the sheer number of times KSM and Abu Zubaydah were waterboarded, the CIA far exceeded the guidelines outlined in the torture memos.

The Torture Memos Are Not Just Sick, They're Full of Lies: A Closer Look at the Bybee Memo

The Torture Memos Are Not Just Sick, They're Full of Lies: A Closer Look at the Bybee Memo

Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet. April 17, 2009.
The memo's gross distortion of psychological research makes it hard to imagine they were used in "good faith" as the Obama administration says.

How the Press, the Pentagon, and Even Human Rights Groups Sold Us an Army Field Manual that (Still) Sanctions Torture

How the Press, the Pentagon, and Even Human Rights Groups Sold Us an Army Field Manual that (Still) Sanctions Torture

Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet. January 24, 2009.
With the Army Field Manual likely to become the new standard for interrogation, the truth behind it is more crucial than ever.

How the U.S. Army's Field Manual Codified Torture -- and Still Does

How the U.S. Army's Field Manual Codified Torture -- and Still Does

Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet. January 7, 2009.
Buried in Appendix M of the Army Field Manual, the Guantanamo virus is spreading, and eradicating it will require all of us to spread the word.

Could Today's Senate Hearings on Torture Lead to Charges Against the Bush Administration?

Could Today's Senate Hearings on Torture Lead to Charges Against the Bush Administration?

Jeffrey S. Kaye, Invictus. September 25, 2008.
They could, if the right questions were asked.

Retired General:

Retired General: "The Current Administration Has Committed War Crimes"

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. June 23, 2008.
As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."

How the Pentagon Turned an Interrogation Resistance Program into a Blueprint for Torture

How the Pentagon Turned an Interrogation Resistance Program into a Blueprint for Torture

Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent. June 19, 2008.
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week, answers about the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogations" finally came to light.