Guantánamo and Torture: It's Up to Obama | David Cole
After four years of near silence on the post-9/11 legacies of torture and indefinite detention, President Obama responded to a question about Guantánamo this week by calling it “not sustainable” and “contrary to who we are.” Will the administration now follow its rhetoric with concrete action? Observers should be excused for being surprised by the White House’s seemingly unplanned statements on hu
James Steele: America's mystery man in Iraq - video
A 15-month investigation by the Guardian and BBC Arabic reveals how retired US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centres in Iraq. Another special forces veteran, Colonel James Coffman, worked with Steele and reported directly to General Dav
After September 11: Our State of Exception | Mark Danner
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux Vice President Dick Cheney cutting a cake, with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Undersecretary of the Army Les Brown, in honor of the Army’s 228th anniversary, Washington, D.C., June 13, 2003 We are in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. —George W. Bush, September 20, 2001 1.We are living in the State of Exceptio
George W Bush should be prosecuted over torture, says human rights group
A US human rights group has called on foreign governments to prosecute George W Bush and some of his senior officials for war crimes if the Obama administration fails to investigate a growing body of evidence against the former president over the use of torture. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday that the US authorities were legally obliged to investigate th
28 hours in the dark heart of Egypt's torture machine
The sickening, rapid click-click-clicking of the electric shock device sounded like an angry rattlesnake as it passed within inches of my face. Then came a scream of agony, followed by a pitiful whimpering from the handcuffed, blindfolded victim as the force of the shock propelled him across the floor. A hail of vicious punches and kicks rained down on the prone bodies next to me, creating loud th
Detentions, and Aide’s Role, Anger Egyptians (Published 2011)
CAIRO � Vice President Omar Suleiman of Egypt has won the blessing of both the Mubarak and Obama administrations as the leader of a political transition toward democracy in Egypt. But human rights advocates say that so far Mr. Suleiman, who also is in charge of Egyptian intelligence, has shown no sign of discontinuing the practice of extra-legal detention of political opponents � a hallmark of Pre
Who Is Omar Suleiman?
One of the “new” names being mentioned as a possible alternative to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, is actually not so new to anyone who has followed the American policy of renditions for terror suspects. After dissolving his cabinet yesterday, Mubarak appointed Suleiman vice-president, and according to many commentators he is poised to be a potential successor, and an alternative
WikiLeaks cables: India accused of systematic use of torture in Kashmir
US officials had evidence of widespread torture by Indian police and security forces and were secretly briefed by Red Cross staff about the systematic abuse of detainees in Kashmir, according to leaked diplomatic cables. The dispatches, obtained by website WikiLeaks, reveal that US diplomats in Delhi were briefed in 2005 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the use of elect
Obama's Torture Problem | David Cole
In the face of overwhelming evidence that numerous US detainees were tortured during the Bush years, President Barack Obama has famously said he wants to “look forward, not back.” He prohibited the use of torture and cruelty in one of his first executive acts, but since then he has consistently resisted all efforts to hold accountable those who, under the prior administration, authorized such mist
Barack Obama under pressure over 9/11 terror trials
Leading Republicans have demanded that Barack Obama scrap plans to try the organisers of the 9/11 attacks in civilian courts after a New York jury acquitted an alleged terrorist of more than 200 murder charges over al-Qaida's bombing of US embassies in east Africa. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's conviction on the sole charge of conspiracy to destroy government property in the 1998 bombings has reignited
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