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Donald Rumsfeld's New Memoir Trashed by Critics, John McCain and the ACLU
By David Knowles - AOL NewsYou go to press with the book you have. Coming in at just over 800 pages, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's new book, "Known and Unknown," was an ambitious undertaking. Given the harsh early reviews that have come in so far, however, one wonders if all that effort might have been better spent on a golf course. Surge Desk surveys the critical response to the book so far. Writing at The New York Times, veteran reviewer Michiko Kakutani lays into Rumsfeld's tome with marked vigor: The tedious, self-serving volume is filled with efforts to blame others -- most notably the C.I.A., ...
Khalid Sheik Mohammed: Once the Face of Terror, Now the Face of Failure
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyExactly one year after the Obama administration triumphantly announced plans to prosecute him in federal court in New York, 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed is back in the news -- and for all the wrong reasons. In 2003, when he was captured, he was the face of terror. In 2005, when we learned about waterboarding, he was the face of torture. And now, left in limbo by Congress, he's the face of failure -- Washington's lingering failure to dispose of his case, if not his cause, through some sort of legitimate trial. Mohammed still hasn't been indicted, much less prosecuted, and if anything ...
WikiLeaks Iraq Documents Detail Deaths, Abuse
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The private website WikiLeaks, acting through several news organizations it selected, released a massive batch of classified Iraq war-related documents, which contain no dramatic new revelations but provide critical "context'' to the war and the U.S. role from 2003 through 2009, the New York Times reported. ...
Iraq War Documents Shed Light on Civilian Deaths, Prisoner Abuse
By David Wood - Politics DailyThe private Web site WikiLeaks, acting through several news organizations it selected, released a massive batch of classified Iraq war-related documents, which contain no dramatic new revelations but provide critical "context'' to the war and the U.S. role from 2003 through 2009, the New York Times reported. The Pentagon protested the release of the documents, saying that publication of the material would harm national security. An examination of the 392,000 documents by the Times revealed that: -- The number of Iraqi civilian deaths is still unclear, but is probably greater than previously ...
US Unable to Document Payments to Abu Ghraib Victims
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WASHINGTON (Sept. 26) -- Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld said. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. AP A detainee stands on a box with a bag on his head and wires ...
Report: US Soldier Killed Herself After Refusing to Participate in Torture
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- On this day seven years ago, Specialist Alyssa Peterson took her own life in Iraq. Just 27, the Arizonian was an Arabic-speaking interrogator. The Defense Department has tried to keep the circumstances of her death a secret, officially describing the incident as a "non-hostile weapons discharge." But thanks to the digging by Arizona reporter Kevin Elston and now, by The Nation's Greg Mitchell, it's clear that Peterson took her own life -- and that witnessing the torture of Iraqi prisoners drove her to do it. In the days preceding her death, Peterson had objected to the way ...
Army Unit from Abu Ghraib to Return to Iraq
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Army reserve unit that became infamous after some of its members were charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison six years ago is returning to Iraq. The Pentagon said Friday that the 372nd Military Police Company of Cresaptown, Md., has been mobilized for its first deployment since 2004, The Associated Press reported. The 372nd is scheduled to leave April 29 for up to three months of training at Fort Bliss, Texas, followed by deployment overseas. The unit made headlines around the world when seven of its soldiers faced charges in connection with the mistreatment of detainees ...
White House Urges Correction of Detainee Rape Photo Story
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs I reported Thursday, the White House denied reports in the British press that the Abu Ghraib photos being blocked by the President contained images of rape and sexual abuse.In a rather unusual move, the White House sent out the following email early on Saturday:Important Please Read: From White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs A number of you have asked about or reported on a recent article in the Telegraph that inaccurately described photos which are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. Both the Department of Defense and the White House have said the article was wrong, and now the ...
White House Briefing: Gibbs Torpedoes British Press on Abuse Photos
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt today's White House Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs was asked about reports that detainee abuse photos contained images of rape and sexual abuse. He denied the report, taking a big swing at the British press in the process: ...
President Obama Exercises Authority on Detainee Photos but Not Gay Soldiers
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had been planning to write this anyway, but after seeing Lee Stranahan's video "Segregation" I wanted to wait to see if I could get a comment from the White House on this first. ...
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