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The impeachment hearing
CounterPunch by Dave Lindorff Time is short, but even at this late date, it would be a simple matter to impeach the president on some issues. As several of Friday’s witnesses pointed out, President Bush... ...
America's Prison for Terrorists Often Held the Wrong Men
Tom Lasseter, of McClatchy Newspapers: "Because the Bush administration set up Guantanamo under special rules that allowed indefinite detention without charges or federal court challenge, it's impossible... ...
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners
"Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights," Carter said. "We've said that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to those people in Abu Ghraib prison... ...
Evidence Grows of U.S. Use Of Drug On Prisoners
By Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor There can be little doubt now that the government has used drugs on terrorist suspects that are designed to weaken their resistance to interrogation. All that's... ...
The Woman Behind the Camera at Abu Ghraib
In The New Yorker, Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris write: "All that the soldiers of the 372nd Military Police Company, a Reserve unit out of Cresaptown, Maryland, knew about America's biggest military... ...
An unlawful policy of collective punishment
International law specifically forbids collective punishment of occupied populations. The Geneva Conventions stipulate that occupying powers have an obligation to supply utilities such as water and power... ...
'Clarifying' the Geneva Conventions: A Ploy to Limit US Culpability
Official US calls for "clarifying" the Geneva Conventions are part of a ploy to limit their application and enable prisoners to be treated outside the law without inviting culpability for war crimes and... ...
Canadian Judge Invalidates Country's Refugee Treaty With U.S.
Canada's treaty with the U.S. on the treatment of refugees is illegal because the U.S. doesn't comply with conventions protecting asylum seekers and sometimes sends people to countries where they may be... ...
Bush Plans War on Iran
Common Dreams by Marjorie Cohn 09/02/07 Bush has already set the wheels in motion. With Rovian timing, Alberto Gonzales’ resignation was sandwiched between two Bush screeds — one aimed at ensuring Congress... ...
Military Warns of Potential CIA Abuses
Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe reports: "Top military lawyers have told senators that President Bush's new rules for CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists could allow abuses that violate the Geneva... ...