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Torture
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The Faculty Lounge
Scalia and Torture
I have posted an article on Salon about Justice Antonin Scalia's recent comments on torture. The title is Scalia's Torture Debacle, and the link is here. Here are the opening…
The Right Coast
Americans think torture is often necessary, while Democrats are deeply divided « Hot Air
One of the more irresponsible aspects of the reporting on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee s long-awaited report on the CIA s enhanced interrogation techniques is the prevalent suggestion that…
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Dick Cheney: Torture, To Me, Is What Terrorists Did On 9/11 | Video | RealClearPolitics
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Well, torture to me, Chuck, is an American citizen on a cell phone making a last call to his four young daughters shortly before he burns…
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EXCLUSIVE: Corrupt, toxic and sociopathic : Glenn Greenwald unloads on torture, CIA and Washington s rotten soul – Salon.com
Glenn Greenwald, the Intercept s Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and longtime critic of the war on terror, disagrees. There s no debate, he told Salon. Everything that we did, he continued,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Reads: On Torture
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawWith the publication of the more than 500 page "Executive Summary" of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee…
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Will Islamic State wring its hands like us over torture? Not likely – Chicago Tribune
The Islamic State doesn't appear ready to follow our lead, so don't expect it to release its report on the morality of severing American heads any time soon.Though they call…
Texas Bar Blog
Five Questions: Austin lawyer-physician Alejandro Moreno on CIA torture report
Alejandro Moreno, a physician and Texas attorney who has worked extensively with torture victims, shares his insight into the Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
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The Torture Report and the possibility of International Criminal Court charges – The Washington Post
The Senate s report on the Central Intelligence Agency s harsh treatment of detainees, amounting to torture, comes shortly after the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced she is…
Human Rights at Home Blog
A Message on Torture from the U.S. Senate
by Professor Michael Meltsner, Northeastern University School of Law, Guest EditorBy this time readers of the Human Rights at Home Blog are generally familiar with the appalling details revealed by…
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Torture Focus is Poison Pill for Democrats « Commentary Magazine
Liberal Democrats and their media allies are having a field day. The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee s report on the CIA s use of torture has allowed the…