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The tortured Iraq-al-Qaida connection

The Bush administration used torture, not to defuse ticking time bombs, but to generate a false justification for the Iraq war.

https://snipurl.com/gn7kv



The Consequences of Torture

With this week's myriad revelations on torture, the prospective targets of prosecution and impeachment have suddenly grown from the so-called Bush 6 to potentially dozens of officials, lawyers, and interrogators who brought us waterboarding, sleep deprivation, stress positions, and "walling," Here's a look at the odds each group involved, from President Bush himself to mid-level lawyers, face of court proceedings.

https://snipurl.com/gn7nh



Obama legal team wants to limit defendants' rights

Supreme Court case is stark example of the White House seeking to limit rights.
https://snipurl.com/gn7p5



Canada 'must press US over Khadr'

A Canadian federal court has ordered the government to press the US for the return of a young Canadian being held at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

https://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200942319176319436.html


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