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CIA ignores own lessons in developing torture program under Bush

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This Is NOT Who We Are…

Report exposes ineptitude of Bush-era torture program

Senate report: CIA misled the country

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John McCain: Enhanced interrogation ‘shameful and unnecessary’

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50 Reasons You Despised George W. Bush's Presidency: A Reminder on the Day of His Presidential Library Dedication | Alternet

50 Reasons You Despised George W. Bush's Presidency: A Reminder on the Day of His Presidential Library Dedication | Alternet
"Amazingly, the Bush library seeks to ask visitors "What would you have done?" if you were in this president’s shoes. The ex-president’s defenders are betting that the public will reconsider their judgments after a hefty dose of historical amnesia. Bush has been absent from political debates in recent years, instead making millions in private speeches."

Bush and His Cronies Bear 'Ultimate Responsibility' for Torture -- So What's Stopping Us from Prosecuting Them? | Alternet

Bush and His Cronies Bear 'Ultimate Responsibility' for Torture -- So What's Stopping Us from Prosecuting Them? | Alternet
"The logical answer would seem to be: prosecute Bush and his cronies (or turn them over to an international tribunal if the U.S. legal system can’t do the job)."

How The Bush-Era Torture Memos Are Destroying America’s Moral High Ground Against Russia

How The Bush-Era Torture Memos Are Destroying America’s Moral High Ground Against Russia: John Yoo, the author of the infamous Bush Administration memos providing a bogus legal justification for torture, left the Department of Justice nearly ten years ago. Since then, he’s retained his prestigious position on Berkeley’s law school faculty. He has not been disbarred for providing some of the most incompetent legal advice in the Justice [...]/p

Hannity Explodes After Being Confronted By ThinkProgress About Previous Offer To Be Waterboarded For Charity

Hannity Explodes After Being Confronted By ThinkProgress About Previous Offer To Be Waterboarded For Charity: Fox News host Sean Hannity is so adamant that waterboarding is not torture that he once offered to be waterboarded at a charity event and donate the proceeds to soldiers’ families. Four years later, a yet-to-be-waterboarded Hannity did not take kindly to being called out about it on his own radio show. On April 22, [...]/p

Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower’s Prison Sentence Commuted - Truthdig

Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower’s Prison Sentence Commuted - Truthdig
"High-profile defenders of John Kiriakou have written President Barack Obama to request that he commute the whistle-blower’s sentence or pardon him.

Kiriakou was charged with violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, allegedly disclosing classified information to members of the news media after speaking out against waterboarding in 2007. He pleaded guilty in October as part of an agreement that would sentence him to 30 months in prison."

CIA Torture Whistleblower Sentenced to 30 Months | Common Dreams

CIA Torture Whistleblower Sentenced to 30 Months | Common Dreams
"CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on Friday for what critics of his prosecution are calling trumped-up charges by the Department of Justice for his exposure of the spy agency's torture program established by the former Bush administration."