Bush Reportedly Pushed for Harsh Interrogations

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2007 A new book by two ACLU lawyers, "Administration of Torture," includes documents in which one Gen. Michael Dunlavey claims that President Bush gave him "marching orders" to get the Pentagon's approval of more severe interrogation methods at Guantanamo. Also, it alleges that then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was "personally involved" in the interrogation of Mohammed al Qahtani. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Britain to Investigate ‘CIA Black Site’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2007 The British government's Foreign Affairs Committee will look into charges by a number of sources, including human rights groups and a retired U.S. general, that sovereign British land has been used as a CIA "black site" prison. The island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, has been leased to the United States and is the site of an American military base but remains British territory. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sweeping Our Inhumanity Under the Rug

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Oct 16, 2007 By simply deciding that something is a "state secret," the Bush government has avoided answering for its brutal treatment of innocent victims in the war on terror. This is a perversion of the principle of American justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Plays Hide and Seek with Torture

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Secret Torture Memos Shame Justice Dept.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2007 In 2005, the Justice Department issued two secret opinions on torture that endorsed and protected the administration's desire to use physically and psychologically traumatizing interrogation techniques. Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey reportedly warned his colleagues that they would be "ashamed" when their work became public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Guantanamo: Still Abusing After All These Years

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2007 Despite fleeting promises by the administration to shut the place down, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba is still up and running, complete with many of the terrible conditions we've all come to know and be ashamed of, according to transcripts recently obtained by the Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Psychologists in Denial About Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 22, 2007 Last weekend, the American Psychological Association rejected a moratorium that would have prevented its member psychologists from participating in interrogations at U.S. detention centers at places like Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA "black sites" around the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Clarifies Official Position on Torture (Kind of)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2007 Were the CIA to potentially, maybe, have a detention and interrogation program it would now have to adhere to President Bush's new executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees. It's still unclear whether water-boarding remains on the menu. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Guantanamo on (Iranian) TV

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2007 Sometimes the best way to tell what other nations think of the U.S. is to see how Americans are depicted in entertainment products. Judging by this translated excerpt from the Iranian television drama "Guantanamo" (granted, subject matter must also weigh heavily in the equation), our international PR leaves a lot to be desired. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hypocritical Oath: Psychologists and Torture

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 6, 2007 First, do no harm. This tenet of medicine applies equally to psychologists, yet they are increasingly implicated in abusive interrogations, dare we say torture, at U.S. military detention facilities like Guantanamo. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Leave Your Morals at the Border

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 4, 2007 The Supreme Court may not be interested in applying American values to Guantanamo Bay, but at least one soldier has taken a principled stand against the prison's tortured justice system. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Closing Time for Torture Island

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 3, 2007 Like a terminally ill animal, the Guantanamo prison is soon to be put to death. It will be an ugly execution, played out against the sophomoric non sequiturs that are the unofficial soundtrack of the war on terror. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )