The Accountability Shell Game
There are many awful legacies of the Bush administration's criminal embrace of torture in the months and years following the 9/11 attacks. Among the most agonizing — for the torture victims themselves, and for the lawyers who have represent...
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The Accountability Shell Game
There are many awful legacies of the Bush administration's criminal embrace of torture in the months and years following the 9/11 attacks. Among the most agonizing — for the torture victims themselves, and for the lawyers who have represent...
Categories: accountability, accountability for torture, Jeppesen Dataplan, Khaled el-Masri, Rendition, Torture Tags:
The Accountability Shell Game
There are many awful legacies of the Bush administration's criminal embrace of torture in the months and years following the 9/11 attacks. Among the most agonizing — for the torture victims themselves, and for the lawyers who have represent...
Categories: accountability, accountability for torture, Khaled el-Masri, Rendition, Torture Tags:
This Week in Civil Liberties (9/2/2011)
What major telecom company participated in warrantless wiretapping? Which former leader has no regrets about Bush Administration torture policies? What supposedly quick fix to public education deficiencies endangers the separation between church and st...
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Cheney Digs in on Legacy of Torture
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's brazenness is again on display this week as he promotes his new book In My Time. His comments in a recent interview coupled with excerpts from the book have served as a jarring reminder of the lack of accountab...