In shockingly predictable news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified the Supreme Court yesterday that he will be issuing an order to block the release of photos apparently depicting abuse of suspected terrorists and foreign troops in U.S. custody. The Pentagon is also urging the high court to dismiss a lower court ruling ordering the photos [...]
Posts Tagged ‘torture’
Transparency Just A Synonym For Secrecy
Posted in Politicking, Terrorisms, tagged gitmo detainees, national 'security', Robert Gates, sexy pictures you won't get to see, torture on 11/16/2009 | Leave a Comment »
HAHAHA Good God, Richard Cohen
Posted in Blogs, The End of the World, tagged hahahaha, idiots, Richard Cohen, they paid Cohen to write this!, torture, War, wonkette on 09/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
OHH, THIS GUY! For those unawares, Richard Cohen is one of the Washington Post‘s most blundering and ignorant syndicated columnists (one of their many, in fact!). But it is on this day that he worries himself with the ‘question’ (?) of TORTURE. He is just worrying his insides sick, y’all, for realz. I mean, it’s [...]
Today’s Headlines: 98 Percent Of Humanity Is Miserable, Rotting Trash
Posted in Health, Lawmaking, Politicking, The End of the World, War, tagged Africa, AIDS, American hypocrisy, Amnesty International, corrupt politicians, Health, human rights, ignorant media, laws, politics, Religion, Sarah Palin, Saudi Arabia, The Catholic Church, torture on 07/22/2009 | Leave a Comment »
• Amnesty International accused Saudi Arabia today of using its campaign against terrorism as a facade for “a sustained assault on human rights.” Its report states thousands of people have been arrested and detain in virtual secrecy, while others have been killed in uncertain circumstances, following Saudi Arabia’s numerous counterterrorism measures since 9/11 which, combined [...]
Books to Read: American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination
Posted in Books, tagged American hypocrisy, American Methods, book reviews, Books, politics, Reccs, torture, violence on 06/08/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A little while back I finished reading Kristian Williams’ American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, and sadly forgot to post and recommend it here. I don’t often quote publishers’ descriptions of works, but in this case, I think South End Press gets it pretty accurately, so here it goes: “American Methods is a [...]
America’s Faux-Outrage Over Torture
Posted in Politicking, War, tagged criminal behavior, laws, politics, torture, with extreme prejudice on 05/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A report by the Office of Professional Responsibility, an internal ethics unit within the Justice Department, has concluded that Bush administration lawyers committed serious lapses of judgment in writing secret memos authorizing brutal interrogations during the period from 2002 to 2007. The authors of the report are likely to ask state bar associations to consider [...]
