http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:07:05 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:07:05 A very brief look. Some background since Uzbekistan and its torture program has resurfaced in the [i]news[/i] lately. If you think the torture described in the articles seems hyperbolic, think again.



U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Abuses.

Country of Uzbekistan

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/583 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:21:39 Wheeeeeee!!!

In the safe haven of America, war criminals can find many opportunities to flaunt themselves and earn money. They can teach, hit the lecture circuit, and even sit on the bench! Because in America, crimes against humanity won't land you in jail (but smoking pot will). So torture all y... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/582 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:33:15
[link:www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11079|ACLU asks Gates to not block release of detainee abuse photos]


"The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the secretary of defense not to exercise his authority to withhold photos of detainee abuse that was granted to him by Congress -- pendin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/581 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:12:22 by Jameel Jaffer (who) is the director of the ACLU National Security Project



[div class="excerpt"]"[link:www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jaffer20-2009oct20,0,7109068.story|Absent] an unexpected groundswell of opposition, [b]Congress this week will pass legislation that gives the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/580 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:40:16 America won't admit it committed war crimes & crimes against humanity.

America won't admit that it broke the law.

America uses phrases like "enhanced interrogation techniques" to describe torture.

America likes to pretend waterboarding isn't torture.

America likes to pretend there's conf... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/579 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:44:39 [link:tortureteam.org|Get Your Torture Team Trading Cards: Collect and Prosecute Them All!]‏


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You can even add a war criminal with the "Make Your Own Card" feature.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/578 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:32:33 Every year between the end of February and the beginning of March the State Department puts out its yearly report on [link:www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/|Human Rights]. I often post those reports when they come out.

Just [i]some[/i] of the human rights violations the U.S. State Department addres... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/577 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:01:52 http://images.salon.com/news/abu_ghraib/2006/03/14/chapter_5/5_19.JPG

for him


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/05/19/international/abuse.184.2.jpg

for him


http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0201/51d25e6020857218edf3.jpeg

for them


http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/576 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:01:29
[div class="excerpt"]Adding insult to injury, some of those responsible have been rewarded with lucrative careers in the private sector. Tenet, for example, is making millions of dollars in the intelligence business, including as a board member for defence contractor QinetiQ. And Jose Rodriguez, t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/575 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:23 [link:www.usdoj.gov/ag/testimony/2009/ag-testimony-090824.html|Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder Regarding a Preliminary Review into the Interrogation of Certain Detainees]

Monday, August 24, 2009
"The Office of Professional Responsibility has now submitted to me its report regarding the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/573 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:42:38 "...information known to me warrants opening a preliminary review into whether federal laws were violated in connection with the interrogation of specific detainees at overseas locations. The Department regularly uses preliminary reviews to gather information to determine whether there is sufficient... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/574 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:23:10 A soon to be released [link:www.newsweek.com/id/213188|report] reveals that CIA interrogators engaged in mock executions.


Shocking - but oh, so common in America's war on terror.


12/14/2004

[link:www.aclu.org/safefree/general/18770prs20041214.html|U.S. Marines Engaged in Mock Execution... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/572 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:25:28


[div class="excerpt"] August 17, 2009

[link:www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6799047.ece|Charity sues government over 'rendition' of two men handed by British to US forces]

A legal charity is suing the Government in connection with the extraordinary rendition of two men arrested ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/571 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:18:42 [div class="excerpt"]Ministers' admission links MI5 and MI6 to 'torture victim'

Ministers have admitted the Government sent secret agents to interview a British detainee in Afghanistan, supporting allegations MI5 and MI6 officers were present while he was tortured by his American captors.

The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/570 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:04:04 I haven't seen this posted but could have easily missed it over the last several days.


"[link:www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/05/binyam-mohamed-guantanamo-evidence-photographs|Former Guantánamo detainee] Binyam Mohamed has launched an urgent legal attempt to prevent the US courts from destroy... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/569 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:35:12 Because everyone working for the CIA was confused about the law because no one at the CIA knew the law so how could they possibly be guilty of anything when thugs like Bush and Cheney direct their DOJ thugs to write memos that support the breaking of laws.

The CIA isn't schooled on the law, they ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/568 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:25:50 January 2001

[link:findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200101/ai_n8941891/|Clinton signs treaty for world criminal court]


"President Clinton moved the world and the United States one step closer to an International Criminal Court (ICC) on December 31 when he ordered his representatives ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/567 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:48:12 There is some confusion about the torture/abuse photos. I hope this clears some of that confusion up.


There are 2 sets of photos in question. They are NOT the same.

One set contains 2000 plus photos.(release date was May 28)

[i]Additional[/i] [link:www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/24/pho... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/566 Fri, 29 May 2009 15:13:32 The [link:www.ccrjustice.org/|Center for Constitutional Rights] is putting together a list of health care professionals who participated in torture. It's an action campaign that seeks accountability. The project is new.




[div class="excerpt"][center][b]When Healers Harm[/b]

[link:whenheal... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/565 Thu, 21 May 2009 22:32:11 or wasn't actively a part of the process.

His own words give him away.

First he says: "'There was no meeting on torture,' Powell told Maddow"

Then he says:

"The only meetings I recall were where we talked about what is it we can do with respect to trying to get information from individua... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/562 Mon, 18 May 2009 08:02:48 Just.As.Guilty.

Myers
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/richard_myers/

Feith
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x49554

Cambone
http://www.democrats.com/Rumsfelds-Fellow-Torture-Monger-Stephen-Cambone-Quits

Powell - sat on the Pri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/563 Mon, 18 May 2009 06:20:16 The Bush administration, knowing that so-called evidence gained through torture would be challenged, sent in FBI "Clean Teams" to "cleanse" the evidence.

In other words, the exact [b]same[/b] so-called evidence that was gained from the use of torture by the CIA at secret prisons would now be more... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/564 Sun, 17 May 2009 13:07:03 [div class="excerpt"]


From the [link:www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5325444/Prisoner-abuse-photographs-surface-as-Barack-Obama-prepares-to-block-publication.html|Telegraph]

On May 15, 2009, the title of the article read: [link:www.democraticunderground.com/di... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/561 Sat, 16 May 2009 14:01:51 On May 13, 2009, during the Senate Judiciary Committee's [link:judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3842|hearing] on "What Went Wrong:Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration", Senator Lindsay Graham admitted to being present during the interrogation of "terror" sus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/560 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:54:06 Mister Solly Mack is a U.S. soldier. This is an issue paper he wrote. Email or PM for permission to use whole or in part. Thank you.



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[center]Framing the Torture[/center]


When was the first terrorist attack committed on United States soil? When asked, many pe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Solly Mack/559 Wed, 13 May 2009 13:48:29