Stop Believing The Lies:
America Tortured More Than 'Some Folks' - And Covered It Up
By Trevor Timm
CIA defenders are out in force now that a historic report has exposed a decade of horrific American shame. Torture didn't work, but why aren't the architects of torture in jail?
"It Wasn't The CIA Just Doing It By Themselves" - Mozzam Begg
By Tom Finn
"What about the outsourcing of torture? Syria, Egypt, Libya under Qaddafi, these are places where Britain and the United States of America were sending people to be tortured.
The 5 Most Damning Revelations From The CIA's Report On Bush-Era Torture
By Igor Volsky
The two psychologists who helped the CIA create the torture techniques earned over $81 million.
Meet James Mitchell, CIA's Post-9/11 Torture Architect
By Xeni Jardin
Jessen is said to have received more than $80 million from the CIA to teach the CIA how to torture people. And some of that torture included anal rape, freezing people to death, and shoving hummus and nuts up men's asses.
Obama Tortures, Too
By Robert Barsocchini
If we actually want to prevent torture and other war crimes, Obama can't be let off the hook.
For The USA, Defeat Is Victory
By Dmitry Orlov
Allow me to enumerate some American victories. Or should I say defeats? Your choice; the two are the same.
Noam Chomsky on Syria, China, Capitalism, and Ferguson
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The "official" story of today's foreign policy is as upside-down as the mythology around the founding values of the United States itself.
Eleven Reasons I'm Ashamed to Be an American
By Dave Lindorff
I've reached the conclusion that the US is a sick and twisted country, in which the bad far outweighs the good.
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Hard News
15 killed in ISIS battle in Iraq:
A series of attacks in and near Baghdad on Wednesday, including one involving a suicide bomber driving a tanker truck, killed at least 15 people, Iraqi officials said.
Islamic State fighters seize key supply route, town in northern Iraq:
Islamic State fighters on Wednesday seized a town and a key supply route in northern Iraq that could help the militants push into Samara, a city 110 kilometres north of Baghdad and the home of an important Shiite shrine.
Kerry: Obama administration wants option for ground troops in Iraq:
Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Senate should not "bind the hands" of the president with a new war authorization that bars ground troops.
Kerry calls for new three-year war powers to fight Islamic State:
The US Secretary of State is seeking further powers from lawmakers in Washington to deepen the military offensive against the Islamic State.
Russian General Staff Puts Number of Islamic State Militants at 70,000:
The US previously provided Islamic State group with financial and technical aid to its struggle against the Syrian government, the chief of the Russian General Staff said.
Syrian Rebel Leader Hints Deal With Assad Against Islamic State:
The leader of the Saudi-backed militant group Jaysh al-Islam said Tuesday he may take side with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against the Islamic State.
State Dept: Rebels Are Never Going to Defeat Assad Militarily:
"We do not see a situation in which the rebels are able to remove him from power," Brett McGurk, one of the State Department's point men in managing the ad hoc international coalition battling the Islamic State, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "It will have to be a diplomatic process."
Car bombs kill 6 soldiers in southeast Yemen:
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for twin suicide car bomb attacks Tuesday that killed seven soldiers in Yemen, as fresh violence shook the increasingly unstable country where rival militias are battling for control.
PA official dies after being assaulted by Israeli soldier:
The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died Wednesday after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a village near Ramallah, committee sources said.
Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein Has Died After Clashes with Israeli Forces:
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PA to 'halt security coordination' in response to Abu Ein's death:
The Palestinian leadership has decided to end all security coordination with Israel in response to the death of a PA official on Wednesday, a senior official said.
Israeli forces shoot, seriously injure Palestinian teen near Ramallah:
Israeli forces on Wednesday shot and injured a Palestinian teenager in the head during clashes at the entrance of al-Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah, medics said.
Irish Government to Recognize Palestinian Statehood:
The private member's motion, put forward by the Irish republican party Sinn Fein Tuesday night is expected to be debated and passed late Wednesday. According to Minister of State for European Affairs Dara Murphy, the move is consistent with government policy
Afghan leader says CIA torture in country 'shocking':
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani vowed on Wednesday to investigate CIA abuse at a detention centre in his country, saying torture described in a U.S. Senate report "violates all accepted norms of human rights in the world".
Fighting in Libya's Benghazi kills 50 in past 10 days - medics:
Almost 50 people have been killed in the past 10 days in fighting between Libyan pro-government forces and Islamist groups in the second-largest city, Benghazi, medical personnel said on Wednesday.
6 killed as deadly blast hits Nigerian city of Kano:
The explosion happened on Wednesday in the Kantinkwari market, which is typically packed with crowds of traders, shoppers as well as traffic. Reports said two female suicide bombers were behind the attack.
French hostage Lazarevic freed for 'al-Qaeda prisoners':
A Frenchman held hostage by an al Qaeda-linked group in Mali was reportedly freed as part of a prisoner swap with two jailed militants.
Pay up suckers:
Ukraine Needs $15 Billion to Avert Financial Collapse - Report:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Western governments that war-weary Ukraine will need an extra $15 billion in aid over the coming weeks to avert financial collapse, the Financial Times reported.
Russian Missiles Shoot Down Ukrainian Surveillance Drones Over Crimea:
Russia has shot down several Ukrainian unmanned surveillance aircrafts flying over the Crimean Peninsula from the North over the last month using Pantsir (Greyhound) surface-to-air missile systems, a Crimean military source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Preemptive nuclear strike omitted from Russia's new military doctrine - reports:
"It would become possible if the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation are under threat."
Gorbachev on current US-Russia relations: 'We may not live through these days':
"This is extremely dangerous, with tensions as high as they are now. We may not live through these days: someone could lose their nerve," he wrote in a commentary entitled "To unfreeze relations"
Chechnya homes targeted after Grozny militant attack:
Homes have been set on fire after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov called for the punishment of relatives of Islamist militants in response to a deadly attack on the capital Grozny.
Poland's secret CIA prisons: Kwasniewski admits he knew:
Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has acknowledged his country let the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) run a secret prison on its territory following 9/11. Mr Kwasniewski had previously denied that Poland hosted a secret CIA prison.,
Hush money: CIA paid Poland to host its secret prisons and detainees:
The CIA paid at least a million dollars to Poland for it to host secret prisons, where it incarcerated alleged 9/11 terror suspects, according to the recent US torture report.
Off the Grid: Nine CIA 'Black Sites' Where Detainees Were Tortured:
Six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, President George W. Bush issued a directive allowing the CIA to secretly detain and interrogate prisoners at clandestine sites located around the world, cut off from communication with legal counsel, family, and everyone else
Prosecute CIA Torturers Demands UN Official:
Ben Emmerson, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, has called for top officials from the Bush Administration who oversaw and supported torture to be prosecuted.
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Calls for prosecution after 'torture report':
"The attorney general should appoint an independent prosecutor to do a top-to-bottom investigation that goes from the White House officials who ordered these activities to people in the field who carried them out," said Chris Anders, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union.
John Pilger talks CIA torture and media complicity:
"Where are the prosecutions? That's all that matters now, where are the prosecutions?"
Efficiency no justification for criminal activity - Snowden on CIA torture report:
"Individuals actually lost their lives - they died - after being chained to a concrete floor in an unheated room, half naked. And rather than having the officer who ordered that behavior be prosecuted, he actually received a monetary bonus from the CIA of $2,500.
Spies fire back at 'biased, inaccurate, and destructive' report:
George Tenet, who was CIA director through much of the Bush administration, said the report is "biased, inaccurate, and destructive" and said it "does damage to U.S. national security, to the men and women of the Central Intelligence Agency, and most of all to the truth."
The Nazis Used the Same "Enchanced Interrogation" Techniques the U.S. Did ..:
Sadly, American officials apparently took a page from the Nazis
To deter U.S. from torturing again, those involved should be prosecuted:
President Barack Obama has a chance to reverse his misguided refusal to prosecute the officials who authorized the torture, ending the impunity that sets a horrible precedent for future United States presidents and governments worldwide.
The One Man Jailed For CIA Torture Tried To Expose It:
The Justice Department is unlikely to prosecute anyone connected to the brutal torture techniques outlined in a Senate report released on Tuesday, but the one man already sitting in jail in connection with the CIA's interrogation program tried to draw public attention to it.
CIA Cited Israeli Supreme Court Rulings to Justify Torture :
'Israeli example' cited as possible justification for use of torture when interrogating terror suspects 'where there is no other available means to prevent the harm' they might inflict.
America Trades Torture for Drones:
The Senate's report on CIA interrogation closes one dark chapter-and leaves another open.
A Killing Spree In The USA: Video - Lee Jasper Talks with George Galloway
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