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Dick Cheney Still Thinks He Was a Character on "24"
One of these two is not a real person.Dick Cheney felt moved to write an entire book about the heart troubles he's had over the years, which I can understand. After all, we all find our particular...
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
R eaders seeking a vicarious adrenaline kick may be disappointed by former CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo’s memoir of his three decades at the agency. In thrillers, the CIA is swashbuckling and...
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Don't Let the Bush Administration Off the Hook For Torture
There's a new report out today from McClatchey on the CIA's torture program based on that Intelligence Committee report. They got a closer look at it than journalists have before, so there are some...
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The New York Times Finally Comes Around on "Torture"
An enhanced interrogation chair from the Inquisition. (Flickr/Anguskirk)The New York Times has finally decided, only a decade or so too late, that it will now use the word "torture" to describe the...
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What You Really Need to Know About the Torture Report
CIA.govThis article was originally published by BillMoyers.com . O n Tuesday, amid much controversy and after a year of political combat between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA, a...
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Do Republicans Want to Bring Torture Back?
A medieval use of stress positions, an oldie but a goodie. (Flickr/Curious Expeditions) I'd like to follow up on a question I've raised yesterday and today over at the Post (see here and here )...
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The War On Terror Encapsulated In One Case
U.S. Navy photo showing Jose Padilla in sensory deprivation.As we continue to debate the question of whether torture is an abomination or actually a great idea that worked well and should be used...
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Has the GOP Become the Pro-Torture Party?
If you'll permit me a momentary bit of crowing, I'd like to take some credit for what we learned from Dick Cheney's appearance on Meet the Press last Sunday. Not that we didn't already know about...
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More Disturbing Revelations About the CIA Torture Program
Wikimedia CommonsThe most important thing to read today is this extraordinary report from Matthew Cole of NBC News about one CIA officer, the agency's top expert on al-Qaeda, and her trail of screw-ups...
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Scalise Scandal Rooted in Secret Societies' Hold on Paths to Power -- Through...
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) In this November 18, 2014, file photo, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, right, with House Majority Leader Kevin...
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