Yet Another Warning against Torture Ignored
The torture architects received a document that warned that torture–yes, it used that term–was likely to elicit false confessions.
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Judge Hellerstein Spanks (Figuratively) the CIA
Michael Hayden and the rest of the torture apologists have been wandering around all week claiming that the Administration could have won its FOIA case against ACLU and withheld the torture memos.
If this ruling from Juge Hellerstein is any indication, they couldn’t be more wrong. It did five things:Demanded a full “Vaughn” index for the FOIAed materials, describing the people involved and the dates.Refused the government’s attempt to limit production of
Why Don’t They Claim al-Nashiri’s Waterboarding Worked?
As I noted last night, MiniCheney very pointedly avoided claiming that al-Nashiri provided important intelligence as a result of being waterboarded. In a non-sequitur response to Norah O’Donnell’s assertion that waterboarding is torture, MiniCheney offered this as rebuttal to O’Donnell’s point (at 2:15).
There were three people who were waterboarded, and two of those people are people who gave us incredibly important and useful information, information that saved American lives after
Cheney Cherry Picks Intelligence Again
Greg Sargent got a hold of Cheney’s FOIA request for the documents that will prove–he claims–that torture was effective. He’s asking for two documents, both of which were stored in his “detainees” file in his files. They are:CIA Report, dated July 13, 2004CIA Report, dated June 1, 2005
(I’m a little confused about what the two different forms refer to, as they seem to refer to the same documents, though of
Is the Harman Story an Attempt to Silence Her about Torture?
It appears more and more likely that the Harman story broke when it did in an attempt to keep her quiet about torture.
Crazy Pete Hoekstra Wants to Be Governor Torture
Crazy Pete Hoekstra wants to be governor. So he’s going to spin in the WSJ to try to clear his complicity in torture.
Detainee Abuse Pictures to Be Released May 28
DOD is going to release a whole slew of detainee abuse pictures next month.
Cliff May: N_O Reading, ‘Riting, or ‘Rithmetic
Some lessons on the 3 Rs for the Cliff May and the other folks at N_O, who apparently don’t know this stuff.
Reading
First, read before you write. Because when you write, Under a strict set of rules, every pour of water had to be counted — and the number of pours was limited.
Liz Cheney: I’m Proud My Daddy Is the Prime Mover of Torture
The biggest piece of news from this exchange? Liz Cheney’s assertion that (only) two of the three detainees who were waterboarded (speaking of Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) provided valuable intelligence. Or, to put it another way, Rahin al-Nashiri did not provide valuable intelligence.
GAO: Advanced Hybrids May Not Be Best Way for GM to Rebound
GAO says that advanced technology cars may not have the ROI GM needs to become profitable again.
