Nothing Sacred: What We Talk about When We Talk about Torture
A humanist perspective on ticking time-bomb scenarios, human rights, and the law
Who’s Being Protected under the Searing Bright Light?
Why Democrats and Republicans alike aren’t pushing to prosecute crafters of the torture program
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By David Swanson
These are the top 10 reasons it makes sense that the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is waiting for a report from the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) in the Department of Justice prior to impeaching federal judge and former torture and war facilitator Jay Bybee.
10. It could turn out that writing memos pretending to legalize torture was the ethical thing to do, or at least that doing so in the future is a recommendation of Obama’s task force on interrogations.
9.
By David Swanson
Embedded below is a stunning video. The Bush-Cheney-Rove Justice Department prosecuted 600 elected officials plus 2,500 collateral cases (children, elderly parents, children of defense lawyers, etc), and 85 percent of the officials were Democrats. And — this is something the filmmaker came to understand after producing this film — most of the rest were moderate Republicans, not Federalist Society Republicans.
The prosecutions were concentrated in presidential election
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By David Swanson
Did you know the United States has in recent years prosecuted hundreds of people for political reasons? This is a crime, or rather a crime wave, that has thus far been addressed primarily by ignoring it. You can read a lot about it from bloggers like Larisa Alexandrovna or Scott Horton. But you won’t hear the president mention it on TV.
In an attempt to convince the corporate media that this issue ranked right up there with governors’ sex lives and celebrities’
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from: William Hughes
On Thursday, June 25, 2009, a spirited rally was held in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. Its purpose: To demand that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a “Special Prosecutor for Torture,” who will hold accountable to the supremacy of the Law, certain members of the Bush-Cheney Gang, including ex-President George W. Bush, Jr. and
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By David Swanson
(Remarks at Torture Accountability Action Day rally in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2009 — video of this and other speeches at AfterDowningStreet.org)
Have you ever held a little baby in your arms? Raise your hand if you have. A toddler is as delicate and precious as a baby, but able to move around and get hurt. Bigger kids can move faster and farther. Our instincts should be to protect them.
I was reading yesterday about a boy who was probably 12 years old when our nation
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Wednesday night, please listen to these two wonderful programs:
The Mike Malloy Show airs from 9 p.m. – 12 midnight ET and will be guest hosted by Brad Friedman. I’ll be on with him live at 10:30 p.m. ET. Call in!
The Nicole Sandler Show on Air America airs from 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. (More about Nicole). I taped an interview with her this afternoon that will probably air at 11:30 or 12 midnight ET.
Both of these interviews are about rallies
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By David Swanson
On Tuesday my local newspaper reported on an event here in town on Monday. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had come down to Charlottesville and spoken publicly with local Congressman Tom Perriello, generating a story and big color photo on page 1 of the Charlottesville Daily Progress. The headline was “In UVa visit, Democrats call deficit reckless.”
The newspaper reported on Congressman Perriello warning that he could not vote for healthcare without a way to pay
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