Posts Tagged ‘War Crimes’
Feingold to Obama: Prolonged Detention “Likely Unconstitutional”
While publicly supporting US President Obama against former Vice President Cheney, Senator Feingold, a Democrat member of the Senate Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees, has written the following letter to Obama defending civil liberties. Meanwhile, Obama is also drawing fire from the right: distinguished neo-conservative [...]
US Tortured Uighur Muslims and Allowed Chinese to Interrogate them at Guantanamo Bay
Daphne Eviatar reports that while the Republicans in Congress are up in arms about the possibility that a handful of Uighurs will be released into the United States, it’s worth noting that these Chinese Muslims could have some disturbing stories to tell about their treatment at Guantanamo Bay. (more...)
Cheney’s “dark side” Quote
With recent revelations, it may be useful to revisit the famous Cheney "dark side" quote (widely available on the Internet). The following is from Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush, January 2009, pp. 75-76, a report prepared at the direction of Rep. John Conyers, Jr., [...]
Iraqis Killed by Saddam, 300,000; by USA, 1,030,000
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Pearl Harbour Deaths, 2,370; Hiroshima, 170,000
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American Scholars and Professionals Involved in Torture
In a commentary, renowned Bulgarian-French literary critic, Tzvetan Todorov, reflects on what the Torture Memoranda reveal about how not just the immediate soldiers involved, but American professionals from various fields, were involved with torture practices. "Besides the lawyers legitimating the deeds," Todorov writes, "psychologists, [...]
