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CIA Changed the Pelosi Briefing Description after Deciding to Destroy Torture Tapes
... As I pointed out in the comments to this thread, someone ... changed the initial description of the briefing that Jose Rodriguez and two others ... gave to Porter Goss and Nancy Pelosi on September 4, 2002. FDL; June 13, 2010 |
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Lawyer: Yoo not liable for prisoner's torture
A lawyer for former Justice Department attorney John Yoo asked a federal appeals court Monday to dismiss a prisoner's torture suit against him, arguing that a government attorney shouldn't be ... SF Gate; June 14, 2010 |
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Lawyers petition court to hold Yoo accountable
As reports circulate that the Justice Department has softened its criticism of attorney John Yoo for memos approving the Bush administration's treatment of terrorism suspects ... SF Gate; February 10, 2010 |
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Pelosi stopped one CIA operation. So why not waterboarding?
In mid-2004, then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi learned something from a CIA briefing that made her blood boil. Pelosi reportedly "came unglued" at the revelation and had "strong words" ... Wash Post; January 29, 2010 |
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O’Reilly And Crowley Repeat Joke About Waterboarding Nancy Pelosi
Just a few days after Bill O’Reilly joked about waterboarding Nancy Pelosi during his “Bold & Fresh Tour” with Glenn Beck, O’Reilly repeated the joke on The O’Reilly Factor ... News hounds; January 27, 2010 |
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Congress' unfinished business: jobs, immigration, Guantanamo
... Many lawmakers will want to dodge controversial votes that can be used against them by their election opponents. That is particularly true in the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi ... LA Times; January 10, 2010 |
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Many FBI terror cases don't make it to trial
It usually starts with a snitch and a sting operation, followed by a great deal of publicity and controversy. AP; May 25, 2009 |
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CIA docs unclear on Pelosi interrogation briefings
CIA records show Nancy Pelosi was briefed in Sept. 2002 on harsh interrogation techniques being used on terrorist suspects, but the records do little to settle a dispute over ... SF Gate; May 7, 2009 |
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Bush Administration’s Legal Debate Over Torture ...
Scroll down towards the bottom to find the link to the Dec. 2, 2002 Pentagon Torture Memo. Findlaw; Posted on August 21, 2008 |
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Referendum on Torture
The debate over the role that psychologists should play in military interrogations heated up this weekend at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Democracy Now! August 18, 2008 |
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Semi-justice at Guantanamo Bay
The Bush team got its wish: the first-ever conviction in a military court of a terrorist grabbed on the Afghan battlefield five years ago. But the result was a near wrist-slap sentence ... SF Chron; August 10, 2008 |
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Convention Against Torture (CAT)
See link here. United Nations; Linked on August 10, 2008 |
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Report: Pelosi Did Not Object to Waterboarding in 2002
New questions are being raised about the role of senior lawmakers in backing the alleged torture. Democracy Now! December 10, 2007 |
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Geneva Circumvention
Stephen Colbert discusses Bush administration torture memos that protect the rights of interrogators but not of detainees. Colbert Report; July 29, 2008 |
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US judge OKs first Guantanamo Bay detainee trial
The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. AP; July 17, 2008 |
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Torture and the Rule of Law
The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, one of the country’s handful of truly excellent investigative journalists over the last seven years, has written a new book ... Common Dreams; July 12, 2008 |
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Obama Unlikely To Quickly Close Gitmo
... Meanwhile, the WSJ reports Nancy Pelosi "told CNN's 'Late Edition' that she wants to take immediate steps to repeal Bush's tax cuts for those earning more than $250,000 a year." ... US News & World; Jan. 12, 2009 |
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