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Category Archives: Torture
On This Day — US Senate report calls CIA torture tactics “deeply flawed” (December 9 2014)
“One of the most memorable details from The Report is Jones’ insistence on access to a printer, and how many safes were in his office. He later told a lawyer that this was because documents kept mysteriously disappearing from the … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents [Poll]
“If the American statesmen and bureaucrats who designed the war in Vietnam were held to the standards of Nuremberg and Manila then there would be a very strong possibility that they would come to the same end that General Yamashita … Continue reading
On This Day — CIA Director John Brennan Defends Torture Methods (December 11 2014) [2020]
“Torture has perhaps saved some at the expense of honor, by uncovering thirty bombs, but at the same time it has created fifty new terrorists who, operating in some other way and in another place would cause the death of … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, CIA Director John Brennan, Senator Diane Feinstein, Torture
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On This Day — US Senate report calls CIA torture tactics “deeply flawed” (December 9 2014) [2020]
“One of the most memorable details from The Report is Jones’ insistence on access to a printer, and how many safes were in his office. He later told a lawyer that this was because documents kept mysteriously disappearing from the … Continue reading
On This Day — CIA Director John Brennan Defends Torture Methods (December 11 2014) [2019]
“In a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all.” CIA Director John Brennan (December 11 2014) “No evidence that terror attacks were stopped, terrorists … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, CIA Director John Brennan, Senator Diane Feinstein, Torture
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On This Day — US Senate report calls CIA torture tactics “deeply flawed” (December 9 2014)
“In a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorized, were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all.” CIA Director John Brennan (December 11 2014) “No evidence that terror attacks were stopped, terrorists … Continue reading
One Year Ago — Senator John McCain : “CIA Torture Policies Stained Our National Honor”
“Ms. Haspel’s role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans is disturbing. Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination.” US Senator John … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Gina Cheri Haspel, Sen. John McCain, Torture
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One Year Ago — Hanns-Joachim Gottlob Scharff : “Without Torture”
“Everyone at the CIA in the post-Sept. 11 era was simply doing what they were asked to do in the aftermath of a crisis.” General Michael Hayden — former NSA and CIA Director “The fact that a person acted pursuant … Continue reading
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One Year Ago — Gina Haspel CIA Nomination Reopens Old Wounds
“The torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the last decade was one of the darkest chapters in American history. Ms. Haspel needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA’s interrogation program during the confirmation … Continue reading
On This Day — “Horrifying and Unnecessary” (New York Time Editorial – March 2 2008)
“Some may argue that we would be more effective if we sanctioned torture or other expedient methods to obtain information from the enemy. They would be wrong. Beyond the basic fact that such actions are illegal, history shows that they … Continue reading
Posted in This Day in History, Torture
Tagged CIA, G W Bush, General David Petraeus, Jimmy Carter, Michael V. Hayden, Torture
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