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What Do O.J. Simpson and Attorney General Michael Mukasey Have in Common?
(c) Getty Images Consider the following two statements: 1.“I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong.” 2. [There is no evidence those involved. . . did what they did] “for...
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According to a new study from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, since the beginning of the “war on terror,” and especially since the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, the nation’s four widest...
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Top 10 Things You Wanted to Know About UNCAT but Were Afraid to Ask
There’s been talk recently of George W. Bush’s admission in his new memoir that he personally approved the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and whether the U.N. Convention Against Torture...
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Hey Bush: If Waterboarding's So Great, Put this Video in Your Museum!
Warning: This video is not suitable for children. Do not try this at home. Last night in a TV interview former President Bush reiterated that he personally approved waterboarding Khalid Sheikh...
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Asking The Wrong Question About Torture
In 1958 a communist French newspaper editor sympathetic to the cause of Algerian independence called Henri Alleg published “The Question”, a short account of his interrogation under torture by French...
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10 Years On, 10 Reasons Guantanamo Must Be Closed
(Pierre-Yves Brunaud) Ten years ago today the first twenty prisoners arrived at the US military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. As we mark this dismal anniversary, it is instructive to take a...
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Coming Face to Face with Torture
Pawiak Prison Museum in Warsaw, Poland. Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Pawiak Prison Museum in Warsaw, Poland. During the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II Pawiak was the largest...
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Donald Trump is Wrong About Waterboarding – and He Isn’t Alone
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images On Sunday, ABC News asked Donald Trump whether, if elected president, he would authorize waterboarding and other forms of torture. His response? “When you see the...
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We Need Your Help Today: Ensure this American Torture Story is Never Repeated
It’s been exactly one year since shocking new details emerged about the CIA’s torture program. After years of investigation, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published a report – known as...
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Waterboarding Is Torture: 3 Things You Need to Know
For years, Amnesty International has witnessed public figures repeating misconceptions and inaccuracies about waterboarding. This American debate on torture has mostly got it wrong – here are three...
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Torture Is Not the Answer
Still from ‘Waiting For The Guards ‘ shows simulated torture by the CIA Too little, and much too late. CIA Director John Brennan this week declared that the CIA would refuse to engage in waterboarding...
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What Do O.J. Simpson and Attorney General Michael Mukasey Have in Common?
(c) Getty Images Consider the following two statements: 1.“I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong.” 2. [There is no evidence those involved. . . did what they did] “for...
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