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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers
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.
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.
Does a Senior Obama Official Have Unseemly Ties to Notorious Human-Rights Abuser Chevron?
Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
The story of this slick oil company's romance with the government has recently taken a crude twist.
Why Are Two Top Torture Lawyers Working for Obama?
David Swanson, After Downing Street. 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.
Breaking: New Chief Prosecutor Tapped For Military Commissions At Guantanamo
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. May 6, 2009.
Capt. John Murphy led the prosecution of Salim Hamdan and is helping prosecute Omar Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured.
Torture Memos & the Jay Bybee Problem
David Murdock, American News Project. April 29, 2009.
How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003?
Why Spain Can Actually Prosecute Bush and Co. for Their Crimes
Marjorie Cohn, San Francisco Chronicle. April 10, 2009.
They can use "universal jurisdiction," often used to prosecute foreign nationals for crimes that shock the conscience of the global community.
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
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.
New Book Alleges Bush Lawyers "Hoodwinked" Military Chief Into Allowing Gitmo Torture
David Frueh, Jurist Legal News and Research. April 22, 2008.
General Richard Myers was duped by Donald Rumsfeld, who waved through torture techniques pushed by Alberto Gonzales and others.
Pentagon Official Who Spoke of Rigging Gitmo Trials Resigns
David Frueh, Jurist Legal News and Research. February 26, 2008.
General Counsel William Haynes "returns to private life" after being quoted saying: "We can't have acquittals. We've got to have convictions."