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barrymaur — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:44:00 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:46:18 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:36:44 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:50:54 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:56:31 +0100

LOVE IS A HUMAN RIGHT

Dean Omori — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:54:14 +0000

Shut Guantanamo Bay NOW

Radfax — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:11:09 +0000

Bradley Manning

Radfax — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:47:00 +0000

George W Bush claims UK lives 'saved by waterboarding'

fionamc — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:32:00 +0000

British lives were saved by the use of information obtained from terrorist suspects by "waterboarding", according to former US President George W Bush.

Source: George W Bush claims UK lives 'saved by waterboarding'

مؤامرة اغتيال سنمار - Sanmar assassination plot | الخوجة

alkoga — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:36:33 +0100

THE SOUND OF THE EARTH SPINNING

Dean Omori — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:37:44 +0100

Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects

DrPot — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:40 +0000

A senior adviser to former US President George W Bush has defended tough interrogation techniques, saying their use helped prevent terrorist attacks.
In a BBC interview, Karl Rove, who was known as "Bush's brain", said he "was proud we used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists".
He said waterboarding, which simulates drowning, should not be considered torture.
In 2009, President Barack Obama banned waterboarding as a form of torture.

Source: Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects

'Tory madrasa' preaches radical message to would-be MPs

Niluccio — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:41:37 +0000

Waterboarding doesn't do the prisoner any permanent physical harm although he may be reluctant to shower or use a flannel again in the future when/if he is freed.

Source: 'Tory madrasa' preaches radical message to would-be MPs

Live blog: Criticism of MI5 to be restored to Binyam Mohamed judgment | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:39:17 +0000

Criticism of MI5 that was removed from the ruling on the involvement of the security service in the torture of Binyam Mohamed must be restored to the judgment, the court of appeal ruled today.
The decision is another blow to the government after it lost its attempt earlier this month to cover up MI5's complicity in "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" meted out to the British resident Mohamed by the US.
Passages that appeared in the original draft judgment were removed after Jonathan Sumption QC, the government's counsel, claimed the words suggested that MI5's approach undermined assurances given by ministers and that MI5 had "an interest in suppressing information".

Source: Live blog: Criticism of MI5 to be restored to Binyam Mohamed judgment | World news | guardian.co.uk

CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding | Foreign Policy

Fulup — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:05:30 +0000

Well, it's official now: John Kiriakou, the former CIA operative who affirmed claims that waterboarding quickly unloosed the tongues of hard-core terrorists, says he didn't know what he was talking about.

Source: CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding | Foreign Policy

One Night In Guantanamo – Mon Jan 25th, 10PM // Current

vero — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:08:46 +0000

On Monday 25th January at 10pm Current TV takes you deep inside Guantanamo, the most controversial jail in the world. Correspondent Adrian Baschuk is the first video journalist granted access to the camp since Obama’s pledge to close the facility, former Navy SEAL Kaj Larson undergoes waterboarding and documentary director Will Francome meets former detainees trying to build a new life back in Britain after years spent in the notorious detention camp.

Source: One Night In Guantanamo – Mon Jan 25th, 10PM // Current

'Torture documents' can be seen

DrPot — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:02:40 +0100

The High Court has ruled that US intelligence documents containing details of the alleged torture of a former UK resident can be released.
Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 31, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay, claims British authorities colluded in his torture while in Pakistan.
High Court judges were previously blocked from making the details public.
The UK government denies allegations of collusion and says it will appeal against the court's judgement.

Source: 'Torture documents' can be seen

BBC NEWS | Health | Torturing 'does not get truth'

DrPot — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:15:32 +0100

Torture techniques used on suspected terrorists by the Bush administration may have failed to get to the truth, researchers say.
Professor Shane O'Mara of Trinity College, Dublin, said the interrogation techniques had a detrimental effect on brain functions related to memory.
He listed 10 methods of what he called torture used by the US, including stress positions and waterboarding.
His review is published in the journal, Trends in Cognitive Science.

Source: BBC NEWS | Health | Torturing 'does not get truth'

MI6 reports own officer over torture allegations | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:44:37 +0100

The Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, has reported one of its own officers to the attorney general over allegations of complicity in torture, the foreign secretary revealed today.
David Miliband disclosed the move in a letter to William Hague. The shadow foreign secretary had written to Miliband about allegations made by MPs, first reported in the Guardian, of complicity in torture or ill treatment of detainees and terror suspects by officers in the Security Service, MI5.
Miliband said the case was referred to the attorney general, Lady Scotland, by MI6 on its own initiative, "unprompted by any accusation against the service or the individual concerned".

Source: MI6 reports own officer over torture allegations | World news | guardian.co.uk

Re Milton Friedman's Chicago Boys and The Shock Doctrine

Aloha — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:49:02 +0100

US launches probe into CIA abuses

DrPot — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:25:17 +0100

A special US prosecutor has been appointed to investigate allegations of abuse of terror suspects.
The announcement of John Durham's selection came as a report was published detailing the allegations of abuse by CIA agents.
Agents threatened to kill a key terror suspect's children and sexually assault another's mother, it is claimed.

Source: US launches probe into CIA abuses

Bush's key men face grilling on torture and death squads | World news | The Observer

DrPot — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:08:15 +0100

America is bracing itself for a series of investigations that could see top officials from the administration of President George W Bush hauled in front of Congress, grilled by a special prosecutor and possibly facing criminal charges.
Several investigations will now cast a spotlight on Bush-era torture policy and a secret CIA assassination programme, examining the role played by big names such as the former vice-president Dick Cheney and the former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
In one investigation into the controversial firing of federal prosecutors, Bush's political guru, Karl Rove, has already been forced to appear before Congress and give testimony behind closed doors.

Source: Bush's key men face grilling on torture and death squads | World news | The Observer

Police inquiry into torture allegations could risk UK security | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:36:18 +0100

Alan Johnson, the home secretary, has said Britain's security could be put at risk by a police investigation into allegations that MI5 agents colluded in torture.
Johnson said he had "nothing but admiration" for the work of the security service and believed it operated "to the highest ethical and professional standards". He suggested that Britain's interests would be at risk if the service's counter-terrorism capabilities were "diminished and diluted".
Scotland Yard said last week it was launching an investigation, at the request of Lady Scotland, the attorney general, into claims of torture made by former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.

Source: Police inquiry into torture allegations could risk UK security | World news | guardian.co.uk

Video of British soldier shouting abuse at Iraqis shown at Baha Mousa inquiry | UK news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:11:03 +0100

A video of a British soldier screaming obscenities and abuse at hooded Iraqi detainees was shown today at the opening session of a public inquiry into how the hotel receptionist, Baha Mousa, was killed while in British custody.
The film shows Corporal Donald Payne, formerly of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, shouting and swearing at the Iraqis as they are forced to maintain painful "stress positions".
The video is a key piece of evidence in a wide-ranging inquiry into the death of Mousa, which got under way today.

Source: Video of British soldier shouting abuse at Iraqis shown at Baha Mousa inquiry | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Guantanamo Bay

legofesto — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:44:33 +0100

Action at Dover Grammar School for Boys

DGSB — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:18:38 +0100

Pelosi says CIA lied on 'torture'

DrPot — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:57:04 +0100

The speaker of the US House of Representatives says she was misled by the CIA about the use of harsh methods during terror interrogations.
Nancy Pelosi has been under pressure to clarify what she knew since one of her aides said she had been briefed in 2003 that the CIA had waterboarded suspects.
Critics say the methods amount to torture and that officials who authorised them should be prosecuted.
Ms Pelosi has herself condemned the use of harsh interrogation techniques.

Source: Pelosi says CIA lied on 'torture'

The Nuremberg Defence (cartoon)

Niluccio — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:15:35 +0100

Today's Times cartoon.

Source: The Nuremberg Defence (cartoon)

Ali Soufan Breaks His Silence | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com

Fulup — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:01:32 +0100

How Ali Soufan, an FBI agent, got Abu Zubaydah to talk without torture.

Source: Ali Soufan Breaks His Silence | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com

Torture Memos: The Music Video

martijn — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:15:33 +0100