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Guantánamo Detainee's Torture Claim Dominates Hearing
By Graydon Gordian - Politics DailyGUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The pretrial hearing for the youngest accused war criminal in modern history began Wednesday with a judge ruling that the military tribunal could consider as evidence Omar Khadr's statements that he was tortured during interrogations. Col. Patrick Parrish, presiding at the hearing, rejected the motion by prosecuting attorneys Jeffery Groharing and Air Force Capt. Chris Eason to suppress an affidavit that included accusations of torture by Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and charged with murder, conspiracy and support of terrorism. ...
Democrats Say CIA May Have Misled Congress Five Times
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTwo Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they believe the CIA misled them in briefings on "enhanced interrogation techniques," The Hill reported Wednesday. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) are conducting an investigation into accusations that the CIA presented incomplete and sometimes downright deceptive information that members of Congress later heard in the press."There have been many instances where we've come to a committee hearing, after having read in the paper of something that should have been notified to us, where it's followed up by ...
Musicians Demand to Know Titles of Songs Used in Detainee Torture
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA coalition of high-profile musicians has endorsed a Freedom of Information Act request to learn which songs the U.S. military and security agencies used during interrogations and torture of detainees, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The group includes Rosanne Cash, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and members of Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and the Roots."I think every musician should be involved," Cash said. "It seems so obvious. Music should never be used as torture." She said she felt "absolute disgust" when she heard that military ...
Dick Cheney Calls Obama's Torture Comments 'a Libel' Against CIA Interrogators
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn a speech Wednesday night, former Vice President Dick Cheney continued his harsh critique of President Obama's foreign policy, the Washington Times reported Thursday. Cheney said Obama is committing "libel" against CIA interrogators when he labels as torture what the Bush administration referred to as "harsh interrogation techniques." "In short, to call enhanced interrogation a program of torture is not only to disregard the program's legal underpinnings and safeguards," Cheney said. "Such accusations are a libel against dedicated professionals who acted honorably and well, in our country's ...
FBI Beats the CIA in Bitter Turf War -- for Now
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyIt's gotten lost in the shuffle, but news that the FBI will take much of the responsibility for questioning terrorists is a major poke in the eye for the CIA. It couldn't have been anything but a serious slight with the announcement coming on the same day that spooks at CIA were identified by one of their inspectors general as significant interrogation abusers. ...
The Ex-Veep and Torture: See Dick (Not) Read
By David Corn - Politics DailyCan Dick Cheney not read? On Tuesday, the former power-behind-the-throne reacted to the release of a 2004 CIA report examining the use of enhanced interrogation techniques (aka torture) on detained terrorist suspects by saying: The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al-Qaida. This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. These detainees also, according to the documents, played a role in nearly every capture of al-Qaida members and associates ...
Attorney General Eric Holder Begins Criminal Investigation After Report Cites U.S. Torture
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyWith the release of a graphic report describing the "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane" treatment of U.S. detainees, Attorney General Eric Holder has named a special prosecutor to investigate whether CIA interrogators and contractors violated the law by using brutal tactics to pry information from prisoners. ...
Democrats Complain About CIA Leaks
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyOn the defensive over the revelation that top Democrats in the House and Senate knew about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorist detainees from the very earliest days of the controversial program, Democrats on Capitol Hill are complaining that the CIA is engaging in a deliberate media campaign to embarrass the party. The charge revolves around a 10-page summary of briefings given to members of Congress on the CIA interrogations prepared at the request of Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. The report shows that Democrats in ...
Memo Shows Pelosi Lied About Interrogation Briefings
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been scrambling to counter Republican charges that she was aware of – and did not object to – the use of specific enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA on suspected terrorist detainees. Pelosi said last week that while she was present at CIA briefings on the interrogations, she was not told that techniques such as waterboarding were in use.Now, however, intelligence documents have come to light which show that Pelosi has been lying about her knowledge of the use of enhanced interogation techniques. According to records of the briefings ...
Pelosi Taking Heat for Torture Hypocrisy
By Joshua Chaney - Politics DailyAt the same time House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began cranking up the push for a "truth commission" to investigate Bush officials for their involvement in the use of interrogation techniques on prisoners, she found herself taking fire for her contribution to the mess. ...
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