Following up on my last post and Dan’s comment, I will borrow from a far better wordsmith than myself: Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a [...]
If you have not looked over the torture memos, please do so. Then, take a look at this video from Philip Zelikow, a high level State Department lawyer during the Bush administration. He authored a memorandum expressing grave concerns with the legal reasoning underlying those torture memos. While a copy of Zelikow’s memorandum is not [...]
Audio Version of the Post: [audio:MCA.mp3] I spent the bulk of last night taking a close look at the court case that was just released regarding the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Below, I’ll do my best to share with you an in-depth summary of the issues which were before the court, along with the ruling [...]
15 Soldiers Dead in Iraq 4/09
Following up on my last post and Dan’s comment, I will borrow from a far better wordsmith than myself: Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a [...]