Mike Farrell on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/29/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-04-20T21:15:24+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Obama Stands Nuremberg on Its Head http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090420_obama_stands_nuremberg_on_its_head/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090420_obama_stands_nuremberg_on_its_head/ cia, good german, harsh interrogation, human rights watch, justice jackson, mike farrell, nuremberg, obama, torture, President Obama’s decision to spare CIA torturers from prosecution stands the Nuremberg principles on their head. “Good Germans who were only following orders” are not exempt from the bar of justice. Individuals must be held responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

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The Hollywood-centric “Membership First” faction that has controlled the Screen Actors Guild’s national board for most of the last five years chooses tactics—misinformation, tough talk and over-promising—that undermine the union’s credibility.

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