December 2008
5 posts
Justice after Bush: Prosecuting an outlaw... →
From: Justice after Bush
Prosecuting an outlaw administration
By Scott Horton
Via:msbadkittie:
‘Americans may wish to avoid what is necessary. We may believe that concerns about presidential lawbreaking are naive. That all presidents commit crimes. We may pretend that George W. Bush and his senior officers could not have committed crimes significantly worse than those of their predecessors....
How waterboarding got the green light from Bush →
msbadkittie:
“The Bush administration approved the use of “waterboarding” on Al Qaeda detainees after receiving reports from government psychologists that it was “100 percent effective” in breaking the will of U.S. military personnel subjected to the technique during training, according to documents released today by a Senate Committee.
The Senate Armed Services report concludes that...
Why diplomacy and sanctions don't mix →
Commentary for Bitterlemons International on why Washington’s inclination to impose more sanctions on Iran prior to engaging in diplomacy may scuttle the chances for such talks in the first place, and undermine President-elect Obama’s ability to use the leverage that existing US sanctions on Iran provide.