Chicago Dyke Hates America
Body: Because if I didn't, I'd never put up this post. Via the increasingly essential Angry Black Woman, here's a transcript of a video that YouTube has since pulled but that Evan caught just in time...
View ArticleBreaking: Hersh on Abu Ghraib
Body: Rape. Father-son humiliation. Objects up the rectum. Torture. And the videos.In other words, Republican sex.Nice work, Christianists. Hersh has the goods: The General Taguba interview.UPDATE...
View ArticleGalloway: Re-open Abu Ghraib investigation
Body: [Of course, Abu Ghraib is the story WaPo's editors should be assigning to Pincus. But n-o-o-o-o-o...]McClatchy's Joe Galloway: We were reminded again this week that in this administration, no...
View ArticleYou can Torture People, just Make Sure you Follow Orders!
Body: "Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan, the only U.S. military officer to face court-martial over the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, ... [was convicted] of willfully disobeying a superior commissioned...
View ArticleOn the torture tapes, please talk to the techs
Body: At the very end of Froomkin's chat yesterday, there is this little gem:Stony Brook, N.Y.: Everybody seems to accept the claim that the CIA tapes were destroyed. Given the long history of...
View ArticleLynndie England Gives an Interview to Stern
Body: Lynndie England, of Abu Ghraib fame, gives a lengthy interview in the German magazine Stern. England was sentenced to three years in prison for her part in the deeds there. She served 521 days...
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Book Review - Standard Operating Procedure
Body: Cross-posted from the Global Sociology Blog Standard Operating Procedure is a book co-authored by Philip Gourevitch (also author of the great We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow, We Will Be...
View ArticleAmerica's Bad Reputation Gets a Little Worse
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View ArticleYour violent kleptocracy in action
Body: From Booman of all people:When I think of an ideal Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scandal doesn't immediately leap to mind....
View ArticleErrol Morris on Abu Ghraib: "It's about us"
Body: Errol Morris: I get tortured by stuff. I don’t have the answers. I’d like to have the answers but I don’t have them. I would get into arguments with people about Sabrina’s smile. A recurring...
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