Muriel Kane, Raw Story. October 28, 2009. Human rights lawyer John Sifton says the CIA tried to prevent detainees from dying, "which might sound humanitarian, but was kind of sickening."
Nick Baumann, MotherJones.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009. The provision was slipped into a Homeland Security spending bill "apparently under direct orders from the Administration."
Andy Worthington, CounterPunch. October 5, 2009. Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Health and Wellness. September 26, 2009. Every American needs to realize that if they look at a police officer sideways they will be shot with electricity regardless of whether the officer has other choices.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 24, 2009. 53-year-old Romell Broom wept and tried to help his executioners find a vein, only to leave the death chamber alive. This isn't "cruel and unusual punishment"?
Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 16, 2009. In his late summer media blitz, former VP Dick Cheney reminded us just how callous, corrupt, and creepy he can be.
Moazzam Begg, AlterNet. September 13, 2009. My final Ramadan was spent alongside the world's most dangerous terrorists (according to Bush) and its finest examples of patience and fortitude (according to me).
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.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009. Former GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo mocks Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." Then he asks for money.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. September 4, 2009. It's tempting to think of Dick Cheney as a cranky old men stirring up controversy to sell books. But Cheney must not be underestimated.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 3, 2009. And to think, this disgraced former Bush administration official struggled to find a job in the legal profession. Imagine that.
Christopher Hayes, The Nation. September 2, 2009. From CIA assassinations to domestic spying, a sweeping investigation of government crimes is not only possible -- it has been done before.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. August 26, 2009. In a craven attempt to keep CIA abuses under wraps, nine senators wrote to the attorney general warning him not to appoint a special prosecutor.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. The New York Republican refuses to acknowledge the gruesome implications (and facts) of the previous administration's torture program.
John Nichols, TheNation.com. August 26, 2009. The investigation into torture could be thwarted by a GOP counter-attack and an echo chamber determined to protect Bush and Cheney.
Nate Carlile, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2009. A long-awaited CIA Inspector General report reveals that interrogators also threatened to sexually assault the mother of a key terror suspect.
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009. Mohammed Jawad attempted suicide in December 2003 by repeatedly slamming his head against his cell wall.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009. Attorney General Eric Holder has been teasing us for awhile with tantalizing hints he may actually investigate Bush-era torture cases.
Allan Uthman, Buffalo Beast. August 3, 2009. Would we really need debate on the torture question if we discussed the numerous acts of sodomy instead of the nuances of waterboarding?
