2003 Torture Memo

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Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators (AP via Yahoo! News) Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some constitutional scholars and human rights groups to investigate possible war crimes by the Bush administration.
Charges unlikely for terror interrogators (AP via Yahoo! News) Charges unlikely for terror interrogators (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency.
Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government workers who authorized or used harsh interrogation techniques during the George W. Bush presidency.
Charges unlikely for terror interrogators (Las Vegas Sun) Charges unlikely for terror interrogators (Las Vegas Sun)
Mon, Nov 17, 2008 (2:39 p.m.) Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government workers who authorized or used harsh interrogation techniques during the George W. Bush presidency.
Abuse of little girl detailed in Hawaii court allegations (Honolulu Advertiser) Abuse of little girl detailed in Hawaii court allegations (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hawai'i-based soldier Naeem Williams battered his daughter Talia for months before beating the 5-year-old to death in July 2005, but the child was also cruelly abused by her stepmother, according to new detailed allegations filed in federal court.

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DOJ 'Torture Memo' Probe Unlikely to Be Complete By End of Bush's Term DOJ 'Torture Memo' Probe Unlikely to Be Complete By End of Bush's Term
OPR investigators have also spoken with Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the OLC, who upon arriving at the agency in October 2003 quickly determined that the Aug. 1, 2002 memo was “sloppily written” and “legally flawed” and withdrew ...
Allegations of Police Torture of Activists and Other Abuses Raised ... Allegations of Police Torture of Activists and Other Abuses Raised ...
George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying," by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, ...
Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators ... Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators ...
Bush officials relied on a 2002 Justice Department legal memo to assert that its interrogations did not amount to torture — and therefore did not violate U.S. or international laws. That memo has since been rescinded. ...
Law Blog - WSJ.com : Administration Declassifies 2003 Torture Memo Law Blog - WSJ.com : Administration Declassifies 2003 Torture Memo
Definition of torture in newly-released legal memo written by John Yoo in 2003 Three months ago, lawyers for Jose Padilla -- the so-called dirty bomber who was found guilty on terrorism conspiracy charges -- kicked up quite a fuss when ...
The Swamp: Justice interrogation memo: Constitution not in play The Swamp: Justice interrogation memo: Constitution not in play
In the March 14, 2003 memo, Yoo says the Constitution was not in play with regard to the interrogations because the Fifth Amendment (which provides for due process of law) and the Eighth Amendment (which prevents the government from ...

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Leahy Subpoenas DOJ For Torture Documents Leahy Subpoenas DOJ For Torture Documents
The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Tuesday to Attorney General Michael Mukasey for testimony and documents related a newly published report alleging the White House provided the CIA with two memos in 2003 and 2004 explicitly authorizing interrogators to torture suspected terrorist detainees.
Who Signed the Explicit Authorization to Torture? Who Signed the Explicit Authorization to Torture?
The WaPo reveals that in June 2003, and again in July 2004, the CIA sought and got a memo explicitly authorizing the torture methods used in interrogation. The article explains that Tenet felt he needed such memos to make sure the CIA had "top cover" for its actions. But at that point, the story gets all vague. What the CIA was seeking, ....
Torture Was Endorsed At The Highest Levels Torture Was Endorsed At The Highest Levels
The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects -- documents prompted by worries among intelligence officials about a possible backlash if details of the program became public...
BREAKING: Secret White House Memos Endorsed Waterboarding BREAKING: Secret White House Memos Endorsed Waterboarding
The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects. The memos were the first -- and, for years, the only -- tangible expressions of the administration's consent to torture.
The JAG Dismisses the Unitary Executive The JAG Dismisses the Unitary Executive
Via POGO, the Pentagon has made two key documents relating to the military's use of torture available on its website: a March 2003 JAG Memo slamming a draft of the Working Group's Report on Detainee Interrogation, and the Working Group's Report which was published the following month. As POGO notes, these documents were declassified some time ago

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Todays 2003 torture memo links:CIA Torture Tactics Endorsed in Secret Memos--Tenet first pressed the White House for written approval in June 2003, during a meeting with members of the National Security Council, including Rice, the officials said. Days later, he got what he wanted: a brief memo conveying the ...----White House Endorsed Torture in Memos to CIA--One memo, provided in 2003 approved the methods later used in prisons like Abu Ghraib. more..

This week: The almanac (Moldova.org) . . . plus more

This week: The almanac (Moldova.org) . . . plus moreThe almanac (Moldova.org)--Today is Saturday, Oct. 4, the 278th day of 2008 with 88 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus.Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include Rutherford B.----Fernandez case to resume (The New Straits Times)--KUALA LUMPUR: After postponing her appeal four times more..

Hot 2003 torture memo pages for today: 2008-09-29

Hot 2003 torture memo pages for today: 2008-09-29Naomi Klein's ‘Shock Doctrine’ (Middle East Online)--Book shows how neoliberal Washington dominates world by exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, natural disasters.--Visit site here . . .----Fernandez case to resume (The New Straits Times)--KUALA LUMPUR: After postponing her appeal four times due to incomplete notes of evidence, the High Court is now ready to hear the more..

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Todays 2003 torture memo links:The Almanac -- weekly (Moldova.org)--Today is Monday, Sept. 29, the 273rd day of 2008 with 93 to follow.Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.The moon is new. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus.Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include Spanish poet-novelist Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, in 1547; British naval hero Adm.--Visit more..

This week: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook . . . plus more

This week: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook . . . plus moreChris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook--The 2003 Yoo torture memo took the alarming position that the executive branch was not bound by the criminal statute prohibiting torture when interrogating detainees. Likewise, according to congressional testimony of former OLC head ...--Visit site here . . .----Psychologists Reject more..

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Todays 2003 torture memo links:First Monday: Marty Lederman On The Restoration Of The Rule Of Law--[11] In another memo dealing with torture and numerous other statutory limits on interrogation, issued in March 2003 but released just this past March, OLC repeated the extreme theories of presidential power it had voiced in the ...--Visit site here . . .----Secret "Torture Memo" Gave Legal Cover to Interrogators Who Acted ...--28, 2003 memo more..

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2003 Torture Memo

DOJ to Turn Over Some Controversial Legal Memos to Senate Panel - The Public Record

DOJ to Turn Over Some Controversial Legal Memos to Senate Panel--The Public Record, California - 17 hours ago--From the OLC's approval of abusive interrogation techniques in the so-called [Office of Legal Counsel Director Jay] Bybee, or "torture," memo, ......

Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators - FOXNews

Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators--FOXNews - 12 hours ago--Bush officials relied on a 2002 Justice Department legal memo to assert that its interrogations did not amount to torture _ and therefore did not violate US ......

DOJ Probes Into Bush-Era Abuses Likely to Continue During Obama ... - The Public Record

DOJ Probes Into Bush-Era Abuses Likely to Continue During Obama ...--The Public Record, California - Nov 11, 2008--1, 2002 torture memo was launched in late 2004 after the Abu Ghraib prison abuses were documented. Under Gonzales, the OPR has met some resistance in its ......

Abuse of little girl detailed in Hawaii court allegations - Honolulu Advertiser

Abuse of little girl detailed in Hawaii court allegations--Honolulu Advertiser, HI - Nov 13, 2008--Talia was raised by her mother in South Carolina, and in September 2003, Tarshia Williams agreed to a South Carolina Department of Social Services order ......

Obama’s Intelligence Agenda: More of the Same from the “Change ... - Dissident Voice

Obama’s Intelligence Agenda: More of the Same from the “Change ...--Dissident Voice, CA - Nov 15, 2008--Memo to Obama supporters: the new product roll-out is a smashing success, “change” has come to Washington, the corporate grift continues. Any questions? ......