No Tears for Mr. Garcia
There are no tears for Ammar al-Baluchi, aka Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, as there are for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They languish in prisons abroad, yet only for one does the Left weep. Mr. Garcia (as the New York...
View ArticleNever Again? DeSantis and Torture
During a press conference at the Museum of Tolerance in West Jerusalem in April, Ron DeSantis was questioned about a former detainee’s claim that as a naval attorney at Guantanamo DeSantis watched as...
View ArticleFor 13 Years: Torture of the Human Being Shaker Aamer by the United States
Shaker Aamer was just released, after 13 years in captivity, from Guantanamo, and returned to Britain. His wife lives there, and he has permanent residence there. He was never charged with anything by...
View ArticleThe Destruction of Tariq Ba Odah by the United States of America
Tariq Ba Odah has been convicted of nothing. He has nonetheless spent 13 years inside Guantanamo living in a cage, and he is dying. The United States refuses to release him. He now weighs only 75...
View ArticleToday is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In honor of the victims and with hatred for the torturers, including the United States of America, I am re-running an older article that...
View ArticleChild, Imprisoned by U.S. in Guantánamo at Age 15, Granted Bail in Canada
History will remember us, but not well, and not as good and as just. For we were the most powerful nation on earth, and we imprisoned a child named Omar Khadr in an off-shore penal colony, in the 21st...
View ArticleFederal Judge Says U.S. Must Release Abu Ghraib Photos
The few photos publicly seen of the abuses American soldiers committed inside the Abu Ghraib prison are only a tiny portion of the whole (former Senator Joe Lieberman said in 2009 that there were...
View ArticleSenator Mark Udall: Disclose the Full Torture Report
As a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, I am proud to post this appeal from our group for Senator Mark Udall to release the full text of the Senate Torture Report. Senator Mark...
View ArticleChristmas in the White House Basement
Hold the fat bastard down! Answer me punk! Is it true that you give toys to every child in the world? Even the ones whose moms and dads are terrorists? Hah, that’s material support. Hit him with the...
View ArticleAmerica, the Boxer
Today’s guest post is reprinted by permission from the Facebook page of one Rick Sullivan. I don’t know Rick except via Facebook, but here he eloquently sums up an awful lot of what I, and perhaps...
View ArticleYou Can Play the Home Torture Game
Jealous that CIA torturers get all the fun? Want to virtually torture someone right from your own desktop? Want to encourage your kids to see torture as fun and help desensitize them? Why not play the...
View ArticleTorture and the Company We Keep
A new poll finds majority of Americans — 59 percent — believe torture was justified after the 9/11 attacks. Look around you at the company you keep. The people who support torture, six out of ten, are...
View ArticleTorture and the Destruction of the Human Being Shaker Aamer by the United States
The Bush and Obama administrations have gone to extraordinary lengths to hide America’s archipelago of secret prisons and systems of torture. For all the empty talk of “transparency” being high-fived...
View ArticleOn The BBC Defending Not Torturing People
I joined fellow whistleblower and former chief Guantanamo prosecutor Colonel Morris Davis on the BBC’s World TV recently to speak out against torture. Because most “journalism” these days defines...
View ArticleCan We Sue the Government over Torture?
Can We Sue the Government over Torture? Yes. But not really. Anyone can sue the government; Van Buren v. Barack Obama. I just need to file the papers in Federal court. Oh, a couple of issues. Torts...
View ArticleGina Haspel — As if Nuremberg Never Happened
Nothing will say more about who we are — across three administrations, one who demanded torture, one who covered it up, and one who seeks to promote its bloody participants — than whether or not Gina...
View ArticleJohn McCain, Human Rights and Our National Mental Illness
There’s that lay definition of mental illness where you come to believe you’re the only sane person left in the room. I think that’s where I am right now. In last week’s address to State Department...
View ArticleFor 13 Years: Torture of the Human Being Shaker Aamer by the United States
Shaker Aamer was just released, after 13 years in captivity, from Guantanamo, and returned to Britain. His wife lives there, and he has permanent residence there. He was never charged with anything by...
View ArticleThe Destruction of Tariq Ba Odah by the United States of America
Tariq Ba Odah has been convicted of nothing. He has nonetheless spent 13 years inside Guantanamo living in a cage, and he is dying. The United States refuses to release him. He now weighs only 75...
View ArticleToday is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In honor of the victims and with hatred for the torturers, including the United States of America, I am re-running an older article that...
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