ABC has a bombshell tonight about how Cheney and other top Bush administration officials would sit at the White House and decide exactly how Muslim detainees would be tortured. ABC noted: “The high-level discussions about these ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed — down […]
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McCain Again Votes for Torture
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The Latest Torture Twists & Turns
The American Conservative today put online my article updating the torture scandal. We Have Ways….. American Conservative, November 5, 2007 by James Bovard On Oct. 4, the New York Times blew another ten-foot hole in the Bush administration’s torture cover-up. The Times revealed that the Justice Department produced a secret legal opinion in early 2005 […]
Torture Correction & a Hat Tip to a Democrat
In the torture article I posted yesterday, I ragged on the Democrats for rolling over for Bush’s nominee to be the chief lawyer for the CIA. Sen. Ron Wyden has proven me wrong. The Associated Press reports tonight: “A Democratic senator said he would indefinitely block President Bush’s nominee to become the C.I.A.’s top […]
New Torture Scandal Update in American Conservative
The July 30 issue of American Conservative contains a piece I did updating the latest twists and turns of the torture scandal. Here’s the lead paragraph: From the first days after the Abu Ghraib photos hit the airwaves, the torture scandal has epitomized the worst of the Bush presidency. A timid media, a cowardly opposition […]
Gonzales’s Fall, Bush’s Impeachment?
Lew Rockwell suggested yesterday that I do a piece on the Gonzales meltdown and how it could affect Bush. Every now and then, I am not immune to good ideas, so I wrote it and he posted it on LewRockwell.com today. I appreciate all the comments I received on the Gonzales blog entries in the […]
Great Torture Humor
Tim O’Regan has the perfect response to the Establishment media’s groveling to the tortured confession and the redacted transcript out of Gitmo. O’Regan reveals that KSM and his look-alike, porn star Ron Jeremy, are the “Hairy Brothers of Destruction.” O’Regan reveals: KSM supplied a type-written note that listed all of the crimes the duo is responsible […]
