Tag Archives: Torture
Cheney Impeachment Hearings?
Three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee (Robert Wexler (D., Fla.), Luis Gutierrez (D., Ill.) and Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.)) are calling for the hearings into the impeachment of Dick Cheney go ahead. Last month, the House of Representatives … Continue reading
The Dark and Treacherous Dick and His Bizarro World of Truth
Scott Horton’s interesting and informative analysis of the CIA Tape Destruction Scandal links to two very important pieces about the cover up of the destruction of the tapes and its possible ramifications. Who may be at the end of this … Continue reading
Sullivan’s Best of Series (Torture Edition)
Andrew Sullivan reposted his excellent, and well documented argument against Torture. His write up from earlier this year, about the Former Cheerleader’s Administration use of “enhanced interrogation” is at once compelling and horrifying. Some graphic images are included in the … Continue reading
Waterboard Down
I don’t know if you have seen this yet, but Mark Bowden of Black Hawk Down fame has an interesting take on the issue of waterboarding. In the unlikely event that Zubaydah knew nothing of value and that every bit … Continue reading
Lindsay Graham: A Man Without Honor
Steve Benen, reports on TalkingPointsMemo.com that the shameless quisling Lindsay Graham put a hold on the Anti-Torture Bill now working its way through the Senate. This disgusting little wretch deserves every bad thing that happens to him. As I stated … Continue reading
A Hopefule Sign? … Don’t hold your breath … cowards and war criminals
Maybe, just maybe, their is hope for the Republicans, and the Senate in general (but I’m not holding my breath). Lindsay Graham questioned BG Hartmann, the legal adviser at Gitmo about waterboarding. Graham deserves credit for pressing the issue. Sen. … Continue reading
The Vichy Democrats … A New Posse of Abrogationists is in Town
A little over one year after the American people took the Congress out of the hands of the Republicans, we find out the party given the responsibility to check the authoritarian rule of the Former Cheerleader and his Gang of … Continue reading
Insecurity
Another rat leaves the ship and Scott Horton rips National Security Advisor’s Francis Townsend resignation letter with this artful take down. Have the War Criminals that serve the Former Cheerleader no shame? None?
No Shit Sherlock, Redux
Bill Clinton inhaled. Elvis Presley is dead. The Pope is Catholic. Bears shit in the woods. Oh yeah and waterboarding is torture. Now that we have cleared up all the great mysteries of the late 20th and early 21st Century, … Continue reading
Waterboarding is Torture
Many others have linked to this piece by Malcolm Nance at Small War Journal. Read the entire article.
