Archive for the 'war crimes' Category
Joe Klein, Dirty Fucking Hippie
Posted on January 8, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under George W Bush, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
Time’s Joe Klein absolutely nails the last words on George W. Bush and his disgraceful presidency. I won’t excerpt any of the column because I want you to read it all. Just know that I agree with every single word, especially the suggestion for a possible monument to our departing War Criminal in Chief.
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Dick Cheney Openly Admits To Torturing Human Beings
Posted on December 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Dick Cheney, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
The vice president authorized waterboarding. He admits it. He’s proud of it. Arrest him. Arrest him NOW!
Murderers, You’re Murderers, We Are Not The Same As You
Posted on December 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
It’s official (via).
The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of “a few bad apples” acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and [...]
War Criminals
Posted on October 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, CIA, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
What did they do to our country?
Treating Humans Like Livestock
Posted on August 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under detainee abuse, war crimes | Leave a Comment
This is what our country has been reduced to by the unforgivable criminals running our government. We put living human beings in crates the size of coffins.
The U.S. military is segregating violent Iraqi prisoners in wooden crates that in some cases are not much bigger than the prisoners.
The military released photos of what it calls [...]
Fun With Headlines
Posted on July 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under George W Bush, war crimes | Leave a Comment
I know! Yesterday he was hanging out with our Olympic athletes, right here in Washington!
See? The war criminal is right there in plain sight!
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We think the same things at the same time, we just can’t do anything about it. So don’t ask me ask the ministry, so don’t ask me ask the ministry
Posted on April 10, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, John Ashcroft, detainee abuse, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
The big news this morning is ABC’s torture scoop:
In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, sources tell ABC News.
The so-called Principals who participated in the meetings [...]
The Yoo Memo Is Freed
Posted on April 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Department of Justice, John Yoo, detainee abuse, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
Time to fire up the international war crimes tribunal!
Federal laws prohibiting assault and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president’s ultimate authority as commander-in-chief overrode such statutes, according to a newly declassified 2003 Justice Department memo released today.
The memo–which was rescinded just nine months after it was [...]
America Doesn’t Torture
Posted on March 31, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 60 minutes, Bush administration, Murat Kurnaz, detainee abuse, war crimes | Leave a Comment
Read this. Seriously, read it. Or watch the 60 Minutes piece:
Getting booed at a baseball game doesn’t begin to serve as fair punishment for the men responsible. (Nor does being forced to talk to Joe Morgan for half an hour, for that matter.) I’m not optimistic when it comes to Murat Kurnaz’s odds of ever [...]
