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July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Dilanian, McClatchy, CIA Exceeded Interrogation Limits, Former Justice Dept. Official Says
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Savage & Shane, NYT, Bush Aide Says Some C.I.A. Methods Unauthorized
July 13, 2010
7/13/10 DeepJournal, ACLU: The Torture Report (w/ video)
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 AFP, UN Rights Chief says Torturers Will Face Justice
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Dozier, AP, Report says Doctors Helped Refine Harsh Methods
6/07/10 Physicians For Human Rights, IntelDaily, Evidence Indicates that the Bush Administration Conducted Experiments and Research on Detainees to Design Torture Techniques and Create Legal Cover
6/07/10 Kunichoff, TruthOut, News in Brief: Guantanamo Cost $500 Million and More
6/07/10 McGreal, Guardian, Hacker turns in US soldier over WikiLeaks Iraq video
June 6, 2010
6/06/10 Bauman, MoJo, Did the Bush Administration Experiment on Detainees?
May 30, 2010
5/30/10 Kraus, FPIF, The Court of Last Resort
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Wintour et al, Guardian, Torture claims investigation ordered by William Hague
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Savage, NYT, New Justice to Confront Evolution in Powers
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Starr, CNN, Pakistan drone strategy originated with Bush, official says
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 Sutton, Reuters, Guantanamo court to review Canadian's torture claim
April 11, 2010
4/11/10 Kaye, PublicRecord, Former DOJ Official Ignored Damage That Resulted From Waterboarding
April 2, 2010
4/02/10 Nichols, Nation, Court: Feingold's Right On Wiretaps, Censure, Bush -- and Obama
March 20, 2010
3/20/10 Greenwald, AlterNet, Seven Years and a $747 Billion in Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Iraq
March 19, 2010
3/19/10 Wehrey et all, Rand Corporation, The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After the Iraq War
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Casciani, BBC, Fresh legal challenge over MI5 torture guidance
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Pasternak, McClatchy, U.S. 'nuclear renaissance' had roots in Bush-Cheney
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Taylor, McClatchy, Obama Quietly Continues to Defend Bush's Terror Policies
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 Swanson, PublicRecord, What Bush Did to Haiti
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Rothchild, Progressive, A Horrendous Decision on Habeas Corpus
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, The lingering Bush legacy: What to do about those tax cuts
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Thomson-Burns, PSL, Obama administration defends John Yoo
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 PublicRecord, Tony Blair to Testify Publicly About Bogus Intel Used to Justify Iraq Invasion
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Pilger, New Statesman, Iraq: The Crime of the Century
12/23/09 BBC, Blair's Iraq war comments 'surprised' defence secretary
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 BBC, Removing Saddam was right, even without WMD - Blair
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Andrews, ProPublica, The Battle Over Tired Truckers: Obama Ditches Another Bush Rule
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 Tankersley & Hart, LAT, Bush-era EPA document on climate change released
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 BBC, FBI payout for Egyptian over 9/11
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Obama Leaves Bush-Cheney Repressive Apparatus Standing
9/21/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Baha Mousa inquiry: soldiers 'did not believe humiliating abuse was unlawful'
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Savage, NYT, Battle Looms Over the Patriot Act
9/19/09 Johnson et al, WP, Inquiry Into CIA Practices Narrows
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Leopold, TruthOut, Did Bush Continue to Secretly Operate Total Information Awareness?
9/18/09 AFP, US Senators Target Bush-Era Surveillance Laws
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Baker & Kulish, NYT, White House to Scrap Bush's Approach to Missile Shield
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Freeman, CommonDreams, Bush's Economic Performance: A Final Tally
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Smith, NYT, U.S. Tried to Soften Treaty on Detainees
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Shane, NYT, A.C.L.U. Lawyers Mine Documents for Truth
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Leopold, TruthOut, US Interrogators Back Torture Probe
August 27, 2009
8/27/09 Leopold, TruthOut, New Documents Describe in Extraordinary Detail Process of "Rendition," Torture
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, Revealed: Docs Describe in Extraordinary Detail Process of 'Rendition,' Torture
8/25/09 Hess & Apuzzo, AP, Inside the CIA's Haphazard Interrogation Program
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 ACLU, ACLU Obtains Detailed Official Record Of CIA Torture Program (Document Links)
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Cole, ABC News, Officials: Lithuania Hosted Secret CIA Prison To Get "Our Ear"
8/20/09 Scahill, Nation, Blackwater: CIA Assassins?
8/20/09 Bright, CSM, Reports: CIA hired Blackwater to help assassinate terrorists
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama Administration Revives Bush-Era Quarantine Regulations for H1N1 Flu Virus
8/18/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Top 50 US War Criminals Who Need to be Prosecuted
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Helling & Kraske, KC Star, Papers show Bond played role in 2006 dismissal of U.S. attorney
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Swanson, Public Record, The Unconstitutional 'Treaty' Bush Agreed to During His Last Days
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Pemberton, FPIF, Military vs. Climate Security: Mapping the Shift from the Bush Years to the Obama Era
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Goldenberg & Carrington, Guardian, Revealed: The Secret Evidence of Global Warming Bush Tried to Hide
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Trang, New America Media, Secret Bush-Era Prisons Continue
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Lopez, DailyKos, President Carter: Many Children Were Tortured Under Bush
7/20/09 Hammond, IntelDaily, Clinton Outlines Continuation of Bush Policies Under Obama at CFR
7/20/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Was Dr. David Kelly a Target of Dick Cheney's "Executive Assassination Ring"?
7/20/09 McGreal, Guardian, Teen pregnancy and disease rates rose sharply during Bush years, agency finds
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Scahill, RebelReports, House Intelligence Committee Announces Official Investigation Into Assassination Program
7/17/09 Muskal, LAT, Bush-era intelligence issues trip up Obama
7/17/09 Kane, WP, House Will Investigate CIA's Handling of Canceled Program
7/17/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Bush May Have Continued to Secretly Operate John Poindexter's TIA (Total Information Awareness) Program
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Andersson, BBC, Did America break its torture law?
7/13/09 Cornwell, Independent, Cheney 'Set Up Illegal Secret Spy Project'
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Johnson, WP, Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed
7/12/09 CNN, Bush-era wiretap program had limited results, report finds
July 11, 2009
7/11/09 Hess, Reuters, Bush Surveillance Program Was Massive
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Pannell, Sunday Herald, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib... Bagram?
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Hess & Pickler, AP, Documents Describe Chaos of Gitmo's Early Months
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Ito, Blog of Rights, Tortured to Death: New Details On Detainee Abuse Prove Bush Officials Are (Literally) Getting Away With Murder
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Hall, McClatchy, Scalia breaks ranks, slams Bush officials on bank regulation
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Drago, IPS, RIGHTS-SPAIN: 'Universal Justice' Threatened
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 Doward et al, Gourdain, Confidential Memo Reveals US Plan to Provoke an Invasion of Iraq
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Johnson, WP, Report on Bush Policy May Come In 'Weeks'
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Gonzales Memo Advised Bush How to Avoid War Crimes Charges
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Corn, MoJo, Will Senate Torture Probe Target Cheney?
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Kane & Warrick, WP, Cheney Led Briefings of Lawmakers To Defend Interrogation Techniques
6/03/09 Schwartz, NYT, Bush Rule Bolstering Deportations Is Withdrawn
6/03/09 Ross, IntelDaily, Bush Told Houston Journalist in 1999 if Elected: 'I'm going to invade Iraq'
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Identity of Men on CIA Rendition Flights to British Island Revealed
6/01/09 CNN, Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Soal & Cobain, Guardian, British agents would have had ministers' OK for collusion in torture - ex-MI6 chief
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Byrne, Raw Story, US Violated Geneva Conventions, Bush Iraq Commander Says
5/30/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Ex-Interrogators Are Mad as Hell About Torture, and They're Not Gonna Take Cheney Anymore
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 St. Claire & Frank, AlterNet, How Much Has Changed? Obama Administration Deals Series of Anti-Environmental Blows
5/29/09 Hamby, CNN, Bush defends interrogation program in Michigan speech
5/29/09 Reuters, Retired U.S. general said misquoted in rape photo flap
5/29/09 Mears, CNN, Supreme Court asked to weigh in on detainee photos
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, After Gen. Taguba Alleges Existence of Prisoner Rape Photos, Robert Gibbs Attacks. . . British Media
5/28/09 CNN, Petraeus says releasing detainee photos would be risky
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 WorldFocus, Religious beliefs guided both Bush and Blair on Iraq war
5/27/09 Worthington, Guardian, Outsourcing torture to foreign climes
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Anderson, CounterPunch, Bush's Shocking Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God Wants to "Erase" Mid-East Enemies "Before a New Age Begins"
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Whitlock, WP, Spain's Judges Cross Borders in Rights Cases
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Sapien, ProPublica, EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling LoopholeEPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 MacAskill, Guardian, Obama and Cheney clash over Guantanamo torture
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, White House Office Not Covered by FOIA
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 IntelDaily, Broad Coalition Of Groups Files Disciplinary Complaints Against Twelve Bush Administration Lawyers Who Advocated Torture Of Detainees
5/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Spanish Investigation Reveals 'An Approved Systematic Plan of Torture' Under Bush
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Leopold, TruthOut, Ex-CIA Official: Agency Brass Lied to Congress About Interrogations
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Smith, CNN, Powell aide says torture helped build Iraq war case
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Johnson, WP, Former Official: Treatment of Terror Suspects a 'Collective Failure'
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Ward, Charleston Gazzette, Bush EPA Hid Data on Coal-Ash Risks, Study Shows
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Scahill, RebelReports, A Response to Those Who Say Don't Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers
5/06/09 Vine & Pemberton, FPIF, Marine Protection as Empire Expansion
5/06/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, Top CIA Officials Were Given Daily Torture Updates of Zubaydah
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, How a Health Benefits Law Formed the Basis For the 'Torture Memo'
5/04/09 CNN, Rice: Bush wouldn't approve illegal interrogations
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Mazzetti, & Shane, NYT, Interrogation Debate Sharply Divided Bush White House
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 White, WP, Abu Ghraib Guards Say Memos Show They Were Scapegoats
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Macaskill, Guardian, Obama: 'I believe waterboarding was torture, and it was a mistake'
4/30/09 Marquand, CSM, Spanish judge opens Guantánamo investigation
4/29/09 Lewis, NYT, Bybee Defends Signing Interrogation Memos
4/30/09 Greenberg, MoJo, Human Rights in the Dust
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Stack, CSM, US court allows rendition lawsuit against CIA contractor
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, CIA Ordered to Turn Over Details of Pre-Torture Memo Interrogation Tapes
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Hess, AP, Inside accounts of interrogation approval differ
4/26/09 Warrick & Finn, WP, Effectiveness Of Harsh Questioning Is Unclear
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 CNN, Senate Report: Rice, Cheney OK'd CIA Use of Waterboarding
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Webster & Sweet, AlterNet, Declassified Report: Bush Admin Solicited Torture 'Wish List,' Ordered 'Communist' Tactics
4/22/09 Barnes, LAT, Military helped with CIA interrogation tactics, report says
4/22/09 Spence, IntelDaily, Lies And Torture - When Policies And Words Diverge
4/22/09 BBC, Bush policy 'led to Abu Ghraib'
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Macaskill & Booth, Guardian, Cheney Demands Release of CIA Memos Proving Torture 'Success'
April 20, 2009
4/20/09 Martin, IntelDaily, White House bars prosecution of Bush officials who authorized torture
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Reuters, CIA interrogators inflated suspect's importance: NYT
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Kaye, AlterNet, The Torture Memos Are Not Just Sick, They're Full of Lies: A Closer Look at the Bybee Memo
4/17/09 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Interrogation Memos Detail Harsh Tactics by the CIA
4/17/09 Miller & Meyer, LAT, Memos reveal harsh CIA interrogation methods
4/17/09 BBC, CIA 'amnesty' dismays campaigners
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Nichols, Nation, Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us
4/16/09 Zetter, Wired, NSA Broke New Eavesdropping Law
4/16/09 Lovitt & Barrett, AP, Obama: No Charges for Harsh CIA Investigation
4/16/09 Reuters, Bush-era memo saw no-long term waterboarding harm
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Lichtblau & Risen, NYT, Officials Say US Wiretaps Exceeded Law
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Benson, CNN, CIA bars contractors from doing interrogations
4/09/09 Parry, ITT, Another Bush Intelligence Failure
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 BBC, Foreign detainees 'have US right'
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Leopold, TruthOut, DOJ Watchdog "Revising" Critical Report on John Yoo's Legal Work on Torture
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Leopold, ITT, Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe
3/31/09 Goodman, DemocracyNow, Seymour Hersh: Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations in "A Lot of" Countries, Including in Latin America
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Finn & Warrick, Seattle Times, Torture did not yield significant leads, officials say
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 DW, Investigator: NATO Countries Knew About Secret CIA Flights
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Wolff, AlterNet, Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Isikoff & Hosenball, Newsweek, Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 Hencke, Guardian, Intelligence Made It Clear Saddam Was Not a Threat, Diplomat Tells MPs
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Al Jazeera, CIA interrogation called 'torture'
3/17/09 Cobain, Guardian, FCO admits silence over torture victims
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Adams, CSM, Red Cross report says detainees at CIA 'black sites' were tortured
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Kane, IntelDaily, Hersh: 'Executive assassination ring' reported directly to Cheney
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Sell, McClatchy, UN Report Says US Rendition Policy Broke International Law
3/10/09 Nebehay, Reuters, U.S. allies told to review role in secret renditions
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Savage & Shane, NYT, Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Evitar, Wa. Independent, CIA Confirms 12 Destroyed Videotapes Depicted "Enhanced Interrogation Methods"
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 CNN, Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
3/03/09 Weaver, ProPublica, Chart: Obama Tracks Bush on National Security Cases
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Lewis, NYT, Memos Reveal Scope of Power Bush Sought in Fighting Terror
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Barrett, AP, Court Rejects Obama Bid to Stop Wiretapping Suit
2/27/09 Young, CNN, White House set to reverse health care conscience clause
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 McInnis, Reuters, U.S. "war on terror" eroded rights worldwide: experts
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Seliger, Guardian, Hamas, Gaza and Bush's Legacy
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Lardner, AP, Commission gets grim report on wartime spending
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 CNN, Obama signs executive order to close Guantanamo Bay
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Frieden,CNN, Holder confirmation hearing delayed a week
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 IntelDaily, George Bush is a genius (Video and Transcript)
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 BBC, Bush signs Peru free trade pact
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 BBC, Guantanamo agents 'used torture'
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Reuters, Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism
1/13/09 Gordon, McClatchy, Justice Dept. official lied to Congress, internal probe finds
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Ross, IntelDaily, War crimes report says White House Rejected All Advice From Government Agencies That Torture Was Illegal
1/10/09 Sanger, NYT, U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Ambrogi, Reuters, U.S. seeks ship to move arms to Israel
1/09/09 BBC, Words that sum up Bush's America
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Nankin, ProPublica, Midnight Regulations: Fugitive Emissions, Gray Wolves and More!
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Kravetz, Wired, Judge: 'Sufficient Facts' Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers
1/05/09 Perlez et al, NYT, Ex-Detainee of U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 al-Ansary, Reuters, U.S.-installed Iraqi ex-PM says Bush "utter failure"