Defence role in CIA's secret jails

The Age | Feb. 14, 2009 (News Report)

THREE human rights groups have obtained documents that confirm US Department of Defence involvement in the CIA's "ghost" detention program, and the existence of secret prisons at Bagram air base in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Civil Liberties, U.S. Military, Law Enforcement, U.S. Congress, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 14, 2009 - 6:34 PM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Feb 14, 2009 - 6:34 PM PST
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 14, 2009

This report indicates the violation of international law was more pervasive than claimed by the Bush administration.

This is one more reason to hold criminal trials for those involved. The pervasive disdain for the rule of law needs to be reversed.

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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Feb. 18, 2009
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