Keyword: torture

Sen. Lindsey Graham Debates Himself on Detainee Torture

By  Mike Fritz  David Murdock

Senator Lindsey Graham was a passionate critic of the Bush Justice attorneys during this past summer's Armed Services Committee hearings on interrogation.

Lately, however, Graham seems to have had second thoughts on the matter...

The Jay Bybee Problem

By  David Murdock

How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003? Not a single Democrat questioned Bybee at the session, and the proceedings came to a quick conclusion...

Closing Down Gitmo: An interview with David Cole

By  David Murdock

President-elect Barack Obama says closing down the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay will be a top priority of his new administration...

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Feith on Torture

By  Harry Hanbury

Does a 20-hour interrogation involving "hooding" and "removal of clothing" constitute inhumane treatment? Rep...

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Feith on Torture (long version)

By  Harry Hanbury

Does a 20-hour interrogation involving "hooding" and "removal of clothing" constitute inhumane treatment? Rep...

Reporter's Notebook: Ten Lessons from Recent Torture Hearings

By  David Murdock

The "enhanced interrogation tactics, " used in Guantanamo under orders from the Pentagon and the White House have been the subject of numerous hearings on Capitol Hill recently...

D.C. SNAPSHOT: Bush Lawyers on Child Torture and Burial Alive

By  Harry Hanbury

On June 26, 2008, John Yoo and David Addington, two leading architects of the Bush administration's policies on torture, testified before the House Judiciary Committee...

Spencer Ackerman on Torture at Gitmo

By Davin Hutchins

June 26 is the UN's official day to show support for victims of torture...

PROFILE: Guantanamo Lawyer Speaks Out

By  Harry Hanbury

Despite its recent 5-4 rejection of the legal basis for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the Supreme Court may flip back to support the Bush administration's views on executive power...