Comments on: Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One)

By: Time Is Right For Americans To Pay Attention To Human Rights Watch’s New Torture Report - OpEd

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:13:00 +0000

[...] after, through the leaked memo seeking to redefine torture so that it could be used by the CIA, the first of two now notorious “torture memos” written by Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, signed by Jay S. Bybee, his boss in the Office of [...]

By: “High-Value Detainee” Abu Zubaydah Blinded By Bush Administration - OpEd

“High-Value Detainee” Abu Zubaydah Blinded By Bush Administration - OpEd — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:24:47 +0000

[...] John Yoo and Jay S. Bybee wrote and approved the notorious torture memos of August 1, 2002, was waterboarded 83 times, Zubaydah is pivotal to any assessment of the CIA’s torture program, and what makes his story [...]

By: New York Times Attempts To Stifle Torture Debate - OpEd

New York Times Attempts To Stifle Torture Debate - OpEd — Tue, 10 May 2011 08:45:21 +0000

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By: The Unjustifiable Defense of Torture and Gitmo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:21:13 +0000

[...] was a protégé of KSM’s, then the CIA might have wrapped this up back in 2003, while they were waterboarding the 9/11 mastermind a hundred and eighty-three [...]

By: The Hidden Horrors of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files « roger hollander

The Hidden Horrors of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files « roger hollander — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:34:11 +0000

[...] figures appearing over and over again. They include “high-value detainees” like Abu Zubaydah, waterboarded 83 times and held for four and a half years in secret CIA prisons, and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, tortured in [...]

By: The Hidden Horrors Of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files – OpEd « « Eurasia Review Eurasia Review

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:27:05 +0000

By: CommonDreams.org | The Hidden Horrors of WikiLeaks’ Guantánamo Files | Anti-War Committee

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:21:40 +0000

By: WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Guantánamo Files, Exposes Detention Policy as a Construct of Lies « Dandelion Salad

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:48:44 +0000

[...] facilities in Thailand and Poland. Subjected to waterboarding, a form of controlled drowning, on 83 occasions in CIA custody in August 2002, Abu Zubaydah was moved to Guantánamo with 13 other “high-value [...]

By: Hiding Horrific Tales of Torture: Why The US Government Reached A Plea Deal with Guantánamo Prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed « Eurasia Review

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:00:06 +0000

[...] (which is supposed to provide impartial legal advice to the executive branch) wrote two memos — the “torture memos,” signed by OLC head Jay S. Bybee — in which he cynically attempted to redefine torture, and [...]

By: Guantánamo: A Tale of Two Tunisians « Eurasia Review

Guantánamo: A Tale of Two Tunisians « Eurasia Review — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:48:26 +0000

[...] held in secret CIA prisons where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” approved by lawyers in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel; in other words, where they were [...]