Tag Archives: Torture

Just Like Bush

Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:04 am by Bob Cesca

The president in Hawaii yesterday set the record straight on the U.S. position regarding waterboarding: KAPOLEI, Hawaii — President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinstate the … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, From Another Universe

Posted on August 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Dick Cheney is not of this world. “I don’t think that it damaged our reputation around the world,” Cheney said of Iraq. “I just don’t believe that. I think critics here at home would argue that.” The only way you … Continue reading →

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Standards Are Poor

Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Adam Zyglis In other news, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today that a lawsuit against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for the torture of American civilians in Iraq may continue, and Michele Bachmann has … Continue reading →

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Jackass Of The Day

Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm by JM Ashby

John Yoo, author of the “torture memos” and advocate of warrant-less wiretapping, criticizing President Obama’s interpretation of the War Powers Act and our logistical involvement in Libya. Just as the administration brushed aside the Constitution’s limits on the federal government’s … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm by Bob Cesca

“In the end, no detainee in CIA custody revealed the facilitator/courier’s full true name or specific whereabouts. This information was discovered through other intelligence means.” CIA director Leon Panetta in a private letter to Senator McCain Several things here. First, … Continue reading →

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Worst Persons: Rick “The Frothy” Santorum

Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:15 pm by JM Ashby

Rick “The Frothy” Santorum issuing a rebuttal to John McCain regarding the merits of torture. I don’t, everything I’ve read shows that we would not have gotten this information as to who this man was if it had not been … Continue reading →

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Bush's Failed Hunt for Bin Laden

Posted on May 12, 2011 at 11:49 am by Bob Cesca

ThinkProgress created a video timeline of the on-going clusterfuck that was the Bush effort to find Bin Laden. Such profound incompetence disguised as ass-kicking bravado. And they somehow thought that waterboarding detainees and subjecting them to harsh treatment somehow helped … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 1:10 pm by Bob Cesca

“I never thought I’d live in a country where we would debate whether we should endorse torture as an official policy. Was some information obtained through torture? Probably yeah. Could it have been obtained through more professional methods the intelligence … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:35 am by Bob Cesca

Over the weekend, Dick Cheney and other Bush apologists resurrected their exhaustively debunked claim that their policies — including and specifically torture — kept us safe since 9/11. Of course, this is a huge bucket of horseshit. There was only … Continue reading →

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Torture Slowed the Capture of Bin Laden

Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:50 pm by Bob Cesca

Will Bunch reports: Indeed, one former senior Air Force interrogator from the Iraq war, who has written two books under the pseudonym Matthew Alexander, told the Daily News last night he believes that the waterboarding of top bin Laden aides … Continue reading →

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