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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Williams, LAT, Human Rights Groups Unveil Traveling Exhibit Aimed To Bring Guantanamo Home
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Reuters, Judge orders CIA to turn over "torture" memo: ACLU
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 CNN, Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Pleming, Reuters, U.S. ponders Guantanamo closure as Bush term ends
May 1, 2008
5/01/08 Goldman, AP, ACLU: Pentagon Documents Highlight Interrogation Methods
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 Cobain, Guardian, MI5 accused of colluding in torture of terrorist suspects
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 Shenon, NYT, Lawyers Fear Monitoring in Cases on Terrorism
4/28/08 Warrick, AP, Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned
4/28/08 Mazzetti, The Age, CIA gets 'latitude' on interrogation methods
April 27, 2008
4/27/08 Mazzetti, NYT, Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale
4/27/08 Fisher, IPS, Groups Wrangle With CIA Over 'Ghost Prisoners'
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Davies, Al Jazeera, US secret prisons 'bigger issue'
4/26/08 Glaberson, NYT, Detainees' Mental Health Is Latest Legal Battle
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Morris, Independent, Amnesty Unveils Shock 'Waterboarding' Film with video
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Top Bush Aides Pushed for Guantanamo Torture
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 Jordan, AP, Pentagon Records Detail Prisoner Abuse by US Military
4/17/08 Al Jazeera, Pentagon reveals Afghan jail abuses
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, Bush admits waterboarding approval
April 11, 2008
4/11/08 Al Jazeera, Cheney 'approved' waterboarding
April 10, 2008
4/10/08 Taylor, McClatchy, Exclusive: Pentagon delays report on FBI role in detainee abuse
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Heffernan, NYT, Milgram, the Torturers of New Haven and the Truth of that Obedience Experiment
4/08/08 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS: Jordan Acted as Hub for U.S. Renditions, Report Says
4/08/08 AFP, CIA Rendered 14 Prisoners to Jordan: Report
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Leopold, Intel Daily, Death of Prisoner Justified If Interrogator Acted in 'Good Faith,' , Report Said
April 1, 2008
4/01/08 Allen, Reuters, Justice Department releases 2003 interrogation memo
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 CBS, Ex-Terror Detainee Says US Tortured Him
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 MoJo, The Abu Ghraib scandal's leadership lattice
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Glantz, IPS, US/IRAQ: "I Saw the Interrogator Waterboarding Him"
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 Al Jazeera, Pentagon reviewing interrogations
3/13/08 White & Warrick, WP, Detainee's Suit Says Abuse Was Videotaped
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Reuters, Pentagon reviewing interrogation tapes: report
3/12/08 Nebehay, Reuters, UN Torture Envoy Says US Deny Access to Iraq Jails
3/12/08 BBC, House fails to overturn Bush veto
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Mikkelsen, Reuters, Guantanamo trials called tainted by coercion
March 8, 2008
3/08/08 Eggen, WP, Bush Announces Veto of Waterboarding Ban
3/08/08 CNN, Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Glaberson, Toronto Star, Gitmo 'Attack Dog' Turns on His Pentagon Masters
February 29, 2008
2/29/08 AFP, Abu Ghraib Prison Turned Soldiers Evil by Design: Researcher
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Tuttle, Nation, Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
2/26/08 Reuters, Pentagon OKs charges against Guantanamo prisoner
2/26/08 Gorman, ITT, The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo
2/26/08 Fisher, IPS, Renditions Clothed in State Secrets Mantle
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 Byers, TimesOnline, SAS missions 'taught Britain about US torture'
February 23, 2008
2/23/08 Shane, NYT, Waterboarding Is Focus of Justice Dept. Inquiry
February 22, 2008
2/22/08 Sharrock, MoJo, The Torture Playlist
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 AP, C.I.A. Confirms Rendition Report
2/21/08 Al Jazeera, UK 'sorry' for rendition flights
February 14, 2008
2/14/08 Escobales, LAT, Waterboarding is illegal, says US justice department official
2/14/08 Al Jazeera, US court dismisses CIA flights case
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 Al Jazeera, US senate backs waterboarding ban
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 BBC, US judge steps in to torture row
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Gorman, WSJ, CIA Likely Let Contractors Perform Waterboarding
2/08/08 Reuters, Waterboarding should be prosecuted as torture: U.N.
2/08/08 Eggen, WP, Justice Dept. 'Cannot' Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Hodgeson, Guardian, US Censured For Waterboarding
2/07/08 Zagorin, Time, New Charges of Guantanamo Torture
2/07/08 Miller, LAT, Waterboarding Is Legal, White House Says
2/07/08 Al Jazeera, Waterboarding 'may be illegal'
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 AL Jazeera, US 'may use' waterboarding again
2/06/08 Egelko, SF Chron, Secrecy Plea Ties Up Torture Flights Case
February 2, 2008
2/02/08 Fisk, Independent, Torture does not work, as history shows
2/02/08 AP, Gitmo ruling a setback for Bush administration
January 30, 2008
1/30/08 AL Jazeera, US refuses to rule on waterboarding
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Mikkelsen, Reuters, U.S. used waterboarding but no more: ex-spy chief
1/28/08 Nizza, NYT, More Torture Debate, Courtesy of Saddam Hussein
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Coring, Globe&Mail, Detainee Torture Remains a Reality, Reports Show
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Al Jazeera, Canada to rewrite 'torture' manual
January 19, 2008
1/19/08 BBC, Canada FM regrets 'torture list'
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Mazzetti & Shane, Account of C.I.A. Tapes Is Challenged
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 Mikklesen, Reuters, CIA tapes figure won't appear at Congress hearing
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 BBC, Water-boarding 'would be torture'
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Al Jazeera, Guantanamo protesters arrested
January 11, 2008
1/11/08 Nuchols, AP, Abu Ghraib Officer: Probe Was Incomplete
January 10, 2008
1/10/08 Eggen & Warrick, WP, Ex-CIA Official May Refuse to Testify About Videotapes
1/10/08 Al Jazeera, US judge refuses to probe CIA tapes
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 CNN, Source: Immunity sought in CIA case
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 Mikkelsen, Reuters, Will CIA Tape Investigation Dig Deep Enough?
1/06/08 Mikkelsen, Reuters, Will CIA Tape Investigation Dig Deep Enough?
January 4, 2008
1/04/08 Pincus, WP, CIA in 2003 Planned Destruction of Tapes
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Leopold, Truthout, Report May Have Motivated Destruction of Torture Tapes
1/03/08 Nizza, NYT, Democrat's C.I.A. Tape Warning Is Declassified
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Shane & Mazzetti, NYT, Tapes by C.I.A. Lived and Died to Save Image
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Fisher, IPS, Legal Community Condemns Destruction of CIA Tapes
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 Marre, The Hill, Kean Says CIA Is Parsing Words on Interrogation Tapes
12/24/07 Baxter, Times Online, CIA Chief to Drag White House Into Torture Cover-Up Storm
12/24/07 Sullivan, Times Online, The Torture Tape Fingering Bush As a War Criminal
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 Miller, LAT, Wagons Circled at CIA Over Tapes' Demise
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Mazzetti, NYT, 9/11 Panel Study Finds That C.I.A. Withheld Tapes
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Fisher, IPS, "Black Site" Survivor Relates Horrific Tale
12/20/07 Douglas, McClatchy, Bush on destroyed CIA tapes: 'Let's wait and see'
12/20/07 Landay, McClatchy, FBI investigates former CIA officer over waterboarding interviews
12/20/07 Renner, Truthout, Michael Ratner on Missing CIA Tapes, Torture and the Supreme Court
12/20/07 Shane, NYT, C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes
12/20/07 Hess, AP, Congress Subpoenas Ex-CIA Official
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Taylor, McClatchy, Mukasey cuts off White House access to information on probes
12/19/07 Leopold, Truthout, Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction
12/19/07 Stout, NYT, Justice Nominee Questioned on Waterboarding
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Eggen, WP, Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended
12/14/07 Rosenberg, McClatchy, Guantanamo detainee asks court to declare that he was tortured
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Warren & Pincus, WP, House Passes Bill to Ban CIA's Use of Harsh Interrogation Tactics
12/14/07 Stout, NYT, Attorney General Rejects Demand for Information
12/14/07 Nebahay, Reuters, UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 Mazzetti & Johnston, NYT, C.I.A. Director Speaks to Senate Committee
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Warren & Eggen, WP, Waterboarding Recounted
12/11/07 Mazzetti, NYT, C.I.A. Chief Says Others Decided Fate of Video
12/11/07 Al Jazeera, CIA chief to appear before Congress
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Warrick & Eggen, WP, Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002; In Meetings, Spy Panels' Chiefs Did Not Protest, Officials Say
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Rosenberg, McClatchy, Lawyers charge the CIA tortured their client in secret prisons
12/08/07 Mazzetti, NYT, C.I.A. Was Urged to Keep Interrogation Videotapes
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 BBC, CIA destroyed interrogation tapes
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Tran, Guardian, Congress to clash with Bush over 'torture' technique
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 BBC, Third Uzbekistan 'torture death'
December 1, 2007
12/01/07 Whitlock, WP, Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 BBC, UN: Tasers Are A Form Of Torture
November 23, 2007
11/23/07 BBC, Torture 'unpunished in Indonesia'
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 Al Jazeera, Amnesty warns of Afghan 'torture'
November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Shenon, NYT, Justice Nominee Gets 2 Key Votes From Democrats
November 2, 2007
11/02/07 Thomas, Erie Times, Orders From The Top: Retired General Dunlavey: Guantanamo Mission Came Straight From Bush, Rumsfeld
November 1, 2007
11/01/07 Doyle, Independent, Waterboarding is torture - I did it myself, says US advisor
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 Shane, NYT, On Torture, 2 Messages and a High Political Cost
October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Doyle, Independent, Guantanamo military lawyer breaks ranks to condemn 'unconscionable' detention
October 19, 2007
10/19/07 Richey, CSM, US defends its harsh treatment of an American citizen
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Gorman, ITT, Suicide and Spin Doctors
October 15, 2007
10/15/07 Nation, Ten Questions for Michael Mukasey
October 10, 2007
10/10/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal
October 6, 2007
10/06/07 Glaberson, NYT, War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Schneider, WP, Bush Says U.S. 'Does Not Torture'
10/05/07 Harper, Toronto Star, White House On Defensive Over Torture Memos
September 4, 2007
9/04/07 Lenz, AP, Documents Show Soldiers Disregard Rules
August 29, 2007
8/29/07 vonZielbaur, NYT, Colonel Is Acquitted in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case
August 17, 2007
8/17/07 Goodnough & Shane, NYT, Padilla Is Guilty on All Charges in Terror Trial
August 14, 2007
8/14/07 Richey, CSM, US Gov't broke Padilla through intense isolation, say experts
August 13, 2007
8/13/07 Richey, CSM, US terror interrogation went too far, experts say
8/13/07 Gopal & Kawzilly, IPS, LEBANON: 'Army Torturing Palestinian Refugees'
8/13/07 Mayer, New Yorker, The Black Sites: A rare look inside the C.I.A.'s secret interrogation program
August 5, 2007
8/05/07 Bryan, BBC, The Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal
July 29, 2007
7/29/07 Rose, Guardian, Revealed: MI5's role in torture flight hell
July 27, 2007
7/27/07 Clark, McClatchy, Officer Calls Guantanamo Reviews a Sham
July 26, 2007
7/26/07 Brown, Independent, CIA misled Britain over rendition plan
July 21, 2007
7/21/07 Douglas & Landay, McClatchy, Bush Bars CIA from Using Torture, but Details Remain Cloudy
July 20, 2007
7/20/07 Luce, FT.com, Bush issues guidelines for CIA interrogators
July 3, 2007
7/3/07 Shanker & Johnson, NYT, Legislation Could Be Path to Closing Guantanamo
June 29, 2007
6/29/07 Shahzad, Asia Times, Pakistan to help as the US's jailer
June 25, 2007
6/25/07 Hersch, New Yorker, The General's Report
June 23, 2007
6/23/07 Morris, Asia Times, The tortured world of US intelligence
June 19, 2007
6/19/07 DeYoung, WP, Administration Struggles With Interrogation Specifics
6/19/07 Usborne, Independent, Bush and Rumsfeld 'knew about Abu Ghraib'
June 18, 2007
6/18/07 BBC, Italy CIA kidnap trial adjourned
June 17, 2007
6/17/07 White & Goldstein, WP, Abu Ghraib Investigator Points to Pentagon
June 10, 2007
6/10/07 Woolf, Independent, Police chiefs accused of 'whitewash' over British links to CIA torture flights
June 8, 2007
6/08/07 AP, Italy Trial of C.I.A. Operatives Opens
June 1, 2007
6/01/07 Pincus, WP, Senators Seek Legal Review of CIA Methods
May 30, 2007
5/30/07 Shane & Mazzetti, NYT, Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation
May 11, 2007
5/11/07 Onishi, NYT, Pressed by Police, Even Innocent Confess in Japan
April 11, 2007
4/11/07 BBC, Iranian envoy wounds 'confirmed'
April 6, 2007
4/06/07 Mitchell, Independent, Ethiopia 'holding al-Qa'ida suspects for US'
April 4, 2007
4/04/07 BBC, Guantanamo conditions 'worsening'
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 White & Tyson, WP, Detainee Alleges Abuse in CIA Prison
March 29, 2007
3/29/07 BBC, Russia 'abused returned suspects'
March 28, 2007
3/28/07 Apuzzo, AP, Judge Lamentably Dismisses Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld
March 25, 2007
3/25/07 Mazzetti, NYT, C.I.A. Awaits Rules on Interrogation of Terror Suspects
March 11, 2007
3/11/07 Ambah, WP, Episode at Guantanamo Leaves Family at a Loss
March 6, 2007
3/06/07 Zarembo, LA, Times, Psychological Torture Just as Bad, Study Finds
February 25, 2007
2/25/07 el-Magd, AP, Egyptian Cleric Says Americans Tortured Him
February 18, 2007
2/18/07 Moss, NYT, Jailed 2 Years, Iraqi Tells of Abuse by Americans
February 13, 2007
2/13/07 Gorman, ITT, Inside America's Gulag
February 9, 2007
2/09/07 Fair, WP, An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare or here
January 16, 2007
1/16/07 White, WP, Interrogation Research Is Lacking, Report Says
January 13, 2007
1/13/07 Rosenberg, McClatchey, Official Calls for Boycott of Law Firms Representing Detainees
January 9, 2007
1/09/07 Buncombe, Independent, Five years on, no end to the horror that is Guantanamo
January 4, 2007
1/04/07 Witte & Merle, WP, Contractors Are Cited in Abuses at Guantanamo
January 3, 2007
1/03/07 Tran, Guardian, FBI files detail Guantanamo torture tactics
1/03/07 BBC, FBI workers saw Guantanamo abuse