by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity September 28, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Accountability for Torture We write you, Mr. President, as former intelligence professionals to voice strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder’s authorization of a wider investigation into CIA interrogation. We respectfully disagree with the direct appeal to you by [...]

por Percy Francisco Alvarado Godoy 22 de septiembre, 2009 Si el famoso poeta italiano Dante Alighieri hubiera vivido en nuestros tiempos, no hubiera dudado un ápice en incluir a la Central de Inteligencia de los Estados Unidos en cualquiera de sus círculos del Infierno. Dentro de éstos hubieran tenido cabida, sin lugar a dudas, todos los directores [...]

Afirma que continuará la indagatoria sobre torturas a prisioneros por Reuters y Dpa 20 de septiembre, 2009 El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, desestimó este domingo una solicitud de siete ex directores de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) para cerrar una investigación sobre torturas aplicadas por agentes del organismo a prisioneros de la llamada guerra contra [...]

by Ray McGovern September 19, 2009 For the CIA supervisors and operatives responsible for torture, the chickens are coming home to roost; that is, if President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder mean it when they say no one is above the law – and if they don’t fall victim to brazen intimidation. Unable to prevent Holder [...]

Es imposible leer el recién publicado informe de la CIA sobre la tortura de prisioneros musulmanes sin pensar en el Tercer Reich por Ted Rall 3 de septiembre, 2009 Al diablo con la Ley de Godwin – Es imposible leer el recién publicado informe de la CIA sobre la tortura de prisioneros musulmanes sin pensar en el Tercer [...]

The Worst Crimes Were Committed in Washington by Joanne Mariner September 2, 2009 For late August, with even the President on vacation, last week was a surprisingly newsworthy. It was a time that George Tenet, John Yoo, and certain other Bush administration officials must have been dreading: Not only was the long-suppressed 2004 report of the CIA Inspector [...]

by Glenn Greenwald August 24, 2009 I wrote earlier today about Eric Holder’s decision to “review” whether criminal prosecutions are warranted in connection with the torture of Terrorism suspects — that can be read here — but I want to write separately about the release today of the 2004 CIA’s Inspector General Report (.pdf), both because it’s [...]

by Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane August 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. named a veteran federal prosecutor on Monday to examine abuse of prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency, after the Justice Department released a long-secret report showing interrogators choked a prisoner repeatedly and threatened to kill another detainee’s children.

Anti-Torture Advocates Worry Holder Won’t Go High Enough Up the Chain by Spencer Ackerman August 21, 2009 Like many in the intelligence community, Tyler Drumheller is waiting to see if his former colleagues will be left holding the bag for the Bush administration. As early as Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce the appointment of a [...]

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