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Hirner wants Schock to apologize for endorsing torture
6 hours ago
by Billy Dennis
She released this in the form of a PDF file. Basically, DK Hirner wants Aaron Schock to apologize for saying on Hardball that he saw nothing wrong with using torture on prisoners.
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Colvin responds (II)
8 hours ago
by Aaron Wherry
Richard Colvin’s letter to the Afghanistan committee is now available here. The Liberals suggest a public inquiry is the only suitable response. The Defence Minister’s office shrugs. Gen. Michel Gauthier quibbles.
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…and again
10 hours ago
by RickB
Sir John Sawers said that poor conditions and possible violent mistreatment of inmates by the US troops running the prison were known within months of the invasion in March 2003. It was not until the Spring of 2004 that cases of physical, psychological and sexual abuse were exposed publicly. So abse ...
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Richard Colvin disputes witnesses’ detainee testimony
10 hours ago
by kempton
“Further Evidence of Richard Colvin to the Special Committee on Afghanistan – December 16, 2009″ (PDF). A must read. From CBC “Colvin disputes witnesses’ detainee testimony” (emphasis added), Former Afghanistan diplomat Richard Colvin slammed back at some of the testimony heard from witnesses at the ...
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Another Republican chickenhawk approves torture
10 hours ago
by freethinker
You have to say one thing for Aaron Schock (R-IL), he says what he believes unlike others like Cheney who dance around the truth. Schock believes in torture. He is another chickenhawk (like Cheney) who has not served in the military. I am sure if someone challenged to waterboard him to show him what ...
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Colvin returns fire.
11 hours ago
by Scott Tribe
Diplomat and intelligence officer Richard Colvin sent forth his detailed counter-rebuttal to the government’s talking points and friendly witnesses that tried to discredit his testimony to the House of Commons Afghanistan Committee. There is some devastating stuff here, that counters point by point ...
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Colvin responds
11 hours ago
by Aaron Wherry
Richard Colvin sends his response to the special committee on Afghanistan. More from Canadian Press, Globe and Mail, Star, CTV and Canwest.
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The Obama Administration and torture accountability
12 hours ago
by Jay McDonough
by Jay McDonough It's hard not to notice Barack Obama is taking some major heat these days. The right, of course, is in a state of perpetual, almost comical, "the sky is falling" hysteria over the guy and now a good portion of the left is pissed at him as well: He wasn't involved enough in the healt ...
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