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Bush Torture Memos

Revealing the Secrets in Room 101

By Scott Horton

In the first of the four memos, we learn that one prisoner has been the subject of a careful psychoanalysis that had revealed a strong fear of insects, particularly stinging insects. The sudden onset of a phobia can produce automatic, uncontrollable reactions-the fear grips total control of the subject's mind.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22473.htm



Harsh Tactics Readied Before Their Approval

Senate Report Describes Secret Memos

By Joby Warrick and Peter Finn

Intelligence and military officials under the Bush administration began preparing to conduct harsh interrogations long before they were granted legal approval to use such methods -- and weeks before the CIA captured its first high-ranking terrorism suspect, Senate investigators have concluded.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22475.htm



Torturers Should Be Punished

By Amy Goodman

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the OLC under Bush "became a facilitator for illegal government conduct, issuing dozens of memos meant to permit gross violations of domestic and international law."

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22478.htm



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