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Guilty of Driving a Truck
David Cole: Salim Hamdam's conviction and short sentence does nothing to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done.
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Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith: Some Democrats are pushing to let bygones be bygones and concentrate instead on solving problems of the future. Here's why we can't let the Bush Administration off the hook.
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Congress: Stop Funding Torture
In an open letter to Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lawyers, clergy and human rights activists voice alarm at mounting evidence of torture and human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Where Is the Outrage Over Torture?
Robert Scheer: The muted response to revelations of torture raises the question of whether Americans are truly savages or simply tone-deaf on matters of morality.
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The Torture Memo
Stephen Gillers: How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
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Reviving Vietnam War Tactics
Tom Hayden: One of Gen. Petraeus's top advisors advocates a return to the global Phoenix program used during the Vietnam War.
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The Torture Veto
David Cole: Bush has made history by being the first American President to use his veto power to preserve torture.
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Lipstick Traces
Steve Brodner: The Kiss of Death?
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Condi Rice Is Finally Happy...
Steve Brodner: Now she's in her element.
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Iraq War Pay Per Day
Steve Brodner: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform breaks it down for you.
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Ask President Bush
Steve Brodner: Mr. President, did you end up with debacle in Iraq?: "Sure did, fits right in my Bible belt."
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The Olympic Torch Flops...
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5 Years of Perpetual War...
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Iraq, Moon, Mars...
The new torture complex cannot be attributed to the few "rotten apples"--the military "grunts" Bush Administration officials attempted to blame in the early days of the scandal. In the illustration, which can be downloaded in pdf format, artists Steve Brodner and Peter Ahlberg have used the metaphor of a tree to create a compelling visual image of the torture complex, rooted in the White House and Pentagon, with branches extending out to the Justice Department, political leaders, academics, medical professionals, media and ordinary soldiers.
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