Tag: torture
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ksm, cia, nyt & the torture of 9/11
inside a 9/11 mastermind’s interrogationfrom new york times: In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda’s engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. It was 18 months after the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion of Iraq was giving Muslim extremists new motives for havoc. If anyone knew…
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missing bilions & war crimes evidence
pentagon can’t account for $15 billionfrom washington post: The inspector general for the Defense Department said yesterday that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $15 billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses to rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns that were bought from contractors in the Iraq reconstruction effort. The…
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9/11 updates: tribunals, torture, toxic dust & fahrenheit
uk government loses case against supposed ‘9/11 pilot trainer’ demolition to resume at new york skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire “the government has made it impossible to defend them” military judge denies motions to delay arraignment of 9/11 suspects US military officers challenge official account of 9/11 case against 9/11 mastermind in jeopardy…
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US soldiers did ‘dirty work’ for chinese interrogators
from abc: U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men – or they allowed the Chinese to dole out the treatment themselves, according to claims in a new government report. Buried in a Department of…
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news on the march
america’s chemically modified 21st century soldiers*air marshals mistaken for terrorists*judge orders all references to ‘taser’ stricken from medical examiner’s reports*iran: collapse of US empire, imminent*study: washington hospitals ill-equipped to handle terror attack*2 killed as troops fire into somali riot over food prices*bumps under the blanket & the suicide flu*merck plant dumps vaccine waste & chemicals…
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collateral 42: ultra sick
from collateral news: Project Artichoke. MKULTRA. The CIA has a long & sordid history of using mind-altering drugs on unsuspecting victims. But until recently, many thought that that’s just what it was: history. Yet new reports from more than two dozen Guantanamo detainees indicate that forced drugging may be routine practice once again.
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bush officials ‘will be indicted for war crimes’
from raw story: In an interview Sunday on CNN, onetime gay conservative pundit Andrew Sullivan asserted that Bush officials who worked on a memo authorizing legal use of torture “should not leave the country” because they “will be, at some point, indicted for war crimes.”
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student directories, cheney, yoo & the border fence
pentagon wants student directoriesfrom thinkprogress: The Army Times reports that the Pentagon “has announced a new get-tough policy with colleges and universities that interfere with the work of military recruiters and Reserve Officer Training Corps programs… Under rules that will take effect April 28, defense officials said they want the exact same access to student…
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truant tracking, shock bracelets, miami drones & rfid radio
omnilink gets students back in schoolfrom gps daily: Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas,…
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white house torture advocate william haynes resigns
from thinkprogress: Defense Department General Counsel William Haynes, who was a “prime mover” in the Bush administration’s efforts to bypass the Geneva Convention, announced today that he “is returning to private life next month.” Already a controversial figure due to his torture advocacy, the negative spotlight on Haynes increased last week when former Gitmo prosecutor…
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mccain, coulter, hillary, rush & obama: so happy together
obama pushes bill that would mandate global taxfrom paul joseph watson: Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama is pushing a bill that will lead to the implementation of a UN global tax, costing the U.S. at least $845 billion dollars over thirteen years in the name of fighting worldwide poverty, as well as banning “small arms and…
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9/11 updates: foreknowledge, memorials & lies
fox5 foreknowledge of wtc7 collapse UPDATE2: Upon further review, it looks as if this was reported a few minutes after the actual collapse at 5:20 PM, so it might not have been a live shot. So it isn’t as damning as the BBC and CNN clips are, but it is still strong evidence indicating that…
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cia man ‘can take white house down’
from press tv: Former head of the CIA’s clandestine service Jose Rodriguez claims he can take the White House down over a torture cover-up scandal. Rodriguez said he may testify before the House Intelligence Committee if he is granted immunity from prosecution, The Sunday Times reported. Intelligence sources believe Rodriguez is now quite determined not…
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mpaa rejects torture ‘taxi’ documentary poster
from thinkprogess: Alex Gibney’s new critically-acclaimed documentary Taxi to the Dark Side follows the path of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was innocent of any terrorist ties but still “tortured to death by interrogators in the U.S. prison at Bagram Air Base.” It also examines the Bush administration’s torture practices at Guantanamo Bay and Abu…
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Police Brutality & Torture Are Normal After 9/11
State control of the police-justice-law triumvirate guarantees low quality of service, high prices, inefficiency, injustice and chaos.