The 13 people who made torture possible

The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.

13 key people in the Bush administration cannot claim they relied on the memos from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel. Some of the 13 manipulated the federal bureaucracy and the legal process to "preauthorize" torture in the days after 9/11. Others helped implement torture, and still others helped write the memos that provided the Bush administration with a legal fig leaf after torture had already begun. Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Extra
Member Tags: FBI, CIA, Torture, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, Alberto Gonzales, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 19, 2009 - 2:43 AM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Dec 22, 2009 - 8:10 AM PST
Glenn LaBauve
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by Glenn LaBauve - May. 19, 2009

This as opinion rather than investigative reporting is more appropriate(see newstrust 5/18) Listing GWB last still minimizes his involvement, he kept telling us he was the CEO and on that matter I believe him.

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - May. 19, 2009

Wheeler brings much of the information on torture together and identifies 13 of the criminals for which there are clear charges available for prosecutions.

They and others must be vigorously prosecuted under our national and international laws.

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - May. 19, 2009

This article puts all the people, with the exception of the ones who practiced the torture,for the world to see. If you're still in doubt, I don't know what else could convince you.

While Obama is claiming it up to AG Holder to prosecute these individuals, we all know where the buck stops.

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Robert M Schacht
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by Robert M Schacht - Jan. 5, 2010

This is quality journalism because it is well-researched, by a blogger known for her investigative reporting (she received the prestigious Hillman Award for her investigative work.)

Torture is not only a crime, it is a War Crime. Prosecution is obligatory. Failure to prosecute is itself a war crime. How long can AG Holder drag his feet on this without risking his own jeopardy as a war criminal?

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Susan Kent Davidson
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by Susan Kent Davidson - May. 19, 2009

This report draws together years of close reading of the details of so many major stories. It is dizzying to see so much work distilled into such a readable narrative, every sentence of which can be referred to a public document.

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Robert Sprague
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by Robert Sprague - May. 21, 2009

It is quality journalism because it provides the who/what.when/where/why AND also provide the context

I would like to see responsible and bipartisan pursuit of the truth here. Punishment of anyone is less important than routing out what happened.

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