Archive for the ‘Torture’ Category
Friday, December 28th, 2007
"We have the evidence that al-Qaida and Taliban were behind the suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto," Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said.
Six years ago, the United States had a chance to completely dismantle the Al Qaeda terror network and its supporters within the Afghan Taliban government behind a worldwide ...
Posted in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Iraq, National Security, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, Torture | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
With my apologies to Yogi Berra, we have yet another case of history repeating itself at the White House. It is becoming apparent that former White House Counsel and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (along with former White House Counsel and Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and others) advocated ...
Posted in Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Harriet Miers, Torture | No Comments »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.
The videotapes showed ...
Posted in CIA, Civil Liberties, Ethics, News, Torture | 1 Comment »
