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LA Times story here. This article details how the Army denied injuring Baker, a denial that’s now bene reversed. (Use newtzi/isanazi for login and pass to get in to the LA Times). “Baker, 37, a former member of the 438th Military Police Company, said he played the role of an uncooperative prisoner and was beaten so badly by […] War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, “I was just following orders.” – George W. Bush, in his ultimatum to begin the Iraq war. In pdf form, here. It’s redacted and missing a number of pages; I noticed that pages 2, 3, 29, 30, 34, 41, 48 and 51 from the original are missing, and that the last page in it is obviously not the last page of the original. Pages 2 and 3 are obviously crucial, they would […] In the New York Times. Each of the Justice Department memos in the list was requested by Senators on the Judiciary Committee today and Ashcroft refused to provide them, when he has absolutely no legal standing to do so and was even forced to admit as much. “Memo on Torture Draws Focus to Bush,” Washington Post. “In the view expressed by the Justice Department memo, which differs from the view of the Army, physical torture “must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death.” For a cruel or […] Ashcroft’s first hearing with the Senate Judiciary in 15 months. Realplayer video at c-span.org, link here. If you can’t, then read an account like this of the hearing. There are very few excuses that would satisfy your humble host if you tell me you have not seen this within the next 24 hours. In particular, […] At the billmon blog. Boykin, Lt. Col. Jordan, now Pentagon lawyer Walker who authored the report approving of torture and fabricating Nuremberg-style defenses for it. What do all these people have in common? ‘ “This administration rejects torture,” Ashcroft declared under tense questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. But he steadfastly refused to comment directly about a policy paper on this issue, or say whether Bush ever responded to it. ‘ |
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