Tag Archives: American Torture State

Did Gitmo “Suicides” Cover Up Murder? U.S. Sgt. Speaks Out on Deaths & Prison’s Secret CIA Site

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markt

Democracy Now! (1/15/15) In a month marking its 13th anniversary, we look at one of the great mysteries of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay: What happened the night of June 9, 2006, when three prisoners died? The Pentagon … Continue reading →

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Dick Cheney Has Anti-Torture Protesters Arrested At Demonstration Outside of His House

Posted on January 11, 2015 by dennis

(Illustration by Seth L. Taylor, 2014.) By Regain Ali Counter Current News (1/10/15) A massive protest just took place outside of the home of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. The Saturday protest at the McLean, Virginia property was intended … Continue reading →

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The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented On Human Beings

Posted on January 10, 2015 by markt

Reframing the CIA torture  as a violation of scientific and medical ethics may be the best way to achieve accountability.   By Lisa Haijar The Nation (12/16/14) Human experimentation was a core feature of the CIA’s torture program. The experimental … Continue reading →

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Chicago Police Torturer Of Over 100 Black Men, Is Out Of Prison After Less Than Four Years

Posted on January 9, 2015 by markt

(Editor’s Note: Don’t for a moment think government torture is limited to CIA agents in faraway black sites, as the case of former Chicago police commander Jon Burge demonstrates, torture is — and always has been — part of American … Continue reading →

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Madness: While Govt. Torturers Strut About, Peace Activist Heads Off To Prison

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markt

Democracy Now! (12/29/14) Peace activist Kathy Kelly is about to begin a three-month prison sentence for protesting the U.S. drone war at a military base in Missouri earlier this year. Kelly, along with another activist, was arrested after offering bread … Continue reading →

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The Other Torture Report: The Secret CIA Document That Could Unravel The Case For Torture

Posted on December 23, 2014 by markt

News that the Democrats knew about the Panetta Review sent the CIA into a frenzy over how the panel had managed to access or take parts of the document. By Ali Watkins The Huffington Post (12/22/14) WASHINGTON — As the … Continue reading →

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Should Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld & CIA Officials Be Tried For Torture? War Crimes Case Filed In Germany

Posted on December 21, 2014 by markt

Due to their alleged war crimes, over 100 CIA staff have been advised to not travel out of the country. Democracy Now! (12/19/14) A human rights group in Berlin, Germany, has filed a criminal complaint against the architects of the … Continue reading →

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Glenn Greenwald Blasts Dick Cheney And President Obama On Torture

Posted on December 20, 2014 by markt

By Ryan Buxton The Huffington Post (12/18/14) Glenn Greenwald responded to Dick Cheney’s recent “Meet The Press” appearance on HuffPost Live on Thursday with a blistering critique that indicted both Cheney and President Obama. “The reason why Dick Cheney is able to … Continue reading →

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U.S. TV Provides Plenty Of Air Time For CIA Torturers To Lie, None To Their Many Innocent Victims

Posted on December 19, 2014 by markt

“Keeping those victims silenced and invisible is the biggest favor the U.S. television media could do for the government over which they claim to act as watchdogs.”  By Glen Greenwald The Intercept (12/15/14) Ever since the torture report was released last … Continue reading →

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The Charmed And Cushy Taxpayer Funded Life Of CIA Torturer Matthew Zirbel

Posted on December 18, 2014 by markt

“The death of Rahman, under conditions that could have been remediated by Agency officers, is a lasting mark on the Agency’s record.”     By Ken Silverstein The Intercept ((12/15/14)   Matthew Zirbel’s home in Great Falls, Virginia is filled … Continue reading →

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Two CIA Torture Psychologists Participated In Actual Torture While Collecting $81 Million In Taxpayer Funds

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markt

Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses? (Editor’s Note: A special guest on this show is Professor Alfred McCoy, at the University of Wisconsin — Madison. — Mark L. Taylor)   Democracy Now! (12/16/14) As a psychologist identified as … Continue reading →

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Blowback: The Beginning Of ISIS Terror Group Was An American Torture State Creation

Posted on December 17, 2014 by markt

“If there was no American prison in Iraq, there would be no IS now. Bucca was a factory. It made us all. It built our ideology.”     By Martin Chulov The Guardian (12/11/14)   In the summer of 2004, … Continue reading →

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10 Most Depraved, Craziest Things In The Senate Report On CIA Torture

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markt

By Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone (12/11/14) Capitol Hill yesterday [12/10] provided America with a classic set piece of partisan performance art: a pair of sanctimonious legislative events, one for each chamber, the two parties blaming each other for high crimes. … Continue reading →

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CIA Torturers & American Psychological Association Side-by-Side On The Couch

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markt

It appears that the American Psychological Association colluded with the CIA to bend the profession’s rules of ethics to permit torture. By Steven Reisner  Slate (12/12/14) hanks to revelations in the newly released report from the Senate Select Committee on … Continue reading →

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Despite The Medical Claim Of Former CIA Torture Chief, Doctors Say Rectal Rehydration Is Not A Medical Procedure

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markt

By Karoli Crooks and Liars (12/13/14) I can’t even believe I’m writing another post about this, because it’s just ludicrous that anyone would try and defend rectal rehydration with a straight face. But I am. IBTimes: Two of the most brutal CIA … Continue reading →

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