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Friday, April 10, 2009

Dispatches from the Bush Posse #14

Bush's Torture Prisons (Eugene Robinson) from Washington Post

"It's no longer possible to mince words, or pretend we didn't know. The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's so-called "enhanced" interrogation methods, used on "high-value" terrorism suspects, plainly constituted torture. The time for euphemisms is over and the time for accountability has arrived."


Panetta Bans CIA use of Contract Workers for Interrogations, Security from the Los Angeles Times

"CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said Thursday that he had banned the agency's use of contract employees to interrogate prisoners or provide security at detention facilities, ending a practice that had drawn frequent criticism from human rights groups and key members of Congress."


CIA to Close Secret Prisons, Scenes of Harsh Interrogations from the New York Times

"The Central Intelligence Agency said Thursday that it would decommission the secret overseas prisons where it subjected Al Qaeda prisoners to brutal interrogation methods, bringing to a symbolic close the most controversial counterterrorism program of the Bush administration."


Rove Accosted by Ex-GOP Staffer from Politico

"Former Bush adviser Karl Rove was verbally accosted Thursday evening by an ex-chief of staff to former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.)."


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