ACLU Urges Congress to Pursue Torture Fiends
ACLU's Top 10 Reasons To Appoint a Special Prosecutor
10. Congress and the Agencies Have Failed in Holding Torture Perpetrators Accountable
9. Further Delay in Criminal Investigations Could Put Some Crimes Outside the Statues of Limitations
8. Military Prosecutors Have Not Gone Up the Chain of Command
7. The Justice Department Has Failed to Bring Any Indictments Based on 20 CIA and DOD Referrals of Possible Crimes by Civilians
6. The Justice Department Wrote the Legal Opinions Authorizing Torture
5. The Past Head of the Criminal Division Reportedly Advised on Interrogation Practices, Possibly Including the Interrogation of Abu Zubaydah
4. The Current Head of the Criminal Division Was in Meetings on Interrogations
3. Attorney General Mukasey Still Refuses to Say Whether Waterboarding and Other Forms of Torture Are Illegal
2. Attempts to Shield Government Officials from Criminal Prosecution Were Pursued by the White House, Including by the President and Vice President
1. There Is Credible Evidence of Numerous Federal Crimes
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Myths about torture by the Bush administration
by DWG
Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 06:43:14 AM PDT
Recent revelations that torture was approved, applauded, and enjoyed by senior Bush administration officials have caused quite a stir. Bush now freely admits that he "approved" of the CIA torturing a few "high value" terrorism suspects in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. All those assertions that the United States does not torture were knowingly false. While lying to Congress, the American people, and the world community might get another president in trouble, even impeached, war crimes appear to be much more acceptable in post-9/11 America. The mea culpa simply forces the administration and its supporters to create a new mythology of torture.