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* '''2006-05-23''' [http://www.alternet.org/rights/36598/ How Torture Became Mainstream] by Alfred W. McCoy, Amnesty International
 
* '''2006-05-23''' [http://www.alternet.org/rights/36598/ How Torture Became Mainstream] by Alfred W. McCoy, Amnesty International
 
* '''2006-03-05''' [http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/ US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq] (item #7) by Dahr Jamail
 
* '''2006-03-05''' [http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/ US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq] (item #7) by Dahr Jamail
* '''2005-11-07''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/06/AR2005110601281_pf.html Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy] by Dana Priest and Robin Wright, Washington Post Staff Writers
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* '''2005-11-07''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/06/AR2005110601281_pf.html Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy] by [[Dana Priest]] and [[Robin Wright]], Washington Post Staff Writers
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* '''2005-11-02''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101644_pf.html CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons]: "Debate Is Growing Within Agency About Legality and Morality of Overseas System Set Up After [[9/11]]" by Dana Priest
  
 
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Overview

There have been persistent reports, many of them documented, of official use of torture as a part of the War on Terror during George W. Bush's administration.

The first such incident to come to light was the Abu Ghraib abuses, but there have been others (e.g. Guantánamo).

Publicly, administration officials and spokespeople deny sanctioning or approving of torture, but certain of their legislative efforts appear to contradict this stance.

Quotes

  • "The United States does not torture. It's against our laws and it's against our values. I have not authorised it and I will not authorise it." -- George W. Bush [1]

Law

Apparently Senator John McCain tried to add an amendment (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; VP Cheney has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. This article apparently describes what ultimately happened.

court decisions

Links

Blog Posts