US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites

We think time and elections will cleanse our fallen world but they will not. Since November, George W. Bush and his administration have seemed to be rushing away from us at accelerating speed, a dark comet hurtling toward the ends of the universe. The phrase "War on Terror"—the signal slogan of that administration, so cherished by the man who took pride in proclaiming that he was "a wartime president"—has acquired in its pronouncement a permanent pair ... Full Story »

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by Martha Rosler - Mar. 19, 2009

carefully written, clearly sourced, and reinforced by danner's previous writings and reports by many other sources, including the torturer John Kiriakou, cited within the article.

Torture is against all international legal conventions and all moral ones as well. Our national narrative hinged on our being different from the ... More »

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