“No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability, or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.”
Bush officials argued this was due to necessity, but in fact that was fallacious, as the U.S. military is not, and should not be, considered an antiterrorist force. Militaries exist to defend against foreign armies attacking, not to conduct the police work required for counter-terrorism. But as we’ve seen, when a military takes control of a country, occupying it as in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the Israeli occupation of Palestine, it enforces martial law on the civilians living there—in other words, the military operates as a dictatorship, or as our Supreme Court called it, “martial rule.”
Today is the anniversary of two tragedies By Chuck Turchick August 1, 2012 Today is the anniversary of two tragedies. Five years ago the 35W bridge collapsed, 13 people died and dozens of others were injured. We cut corners and people died. The other anniversary, equally tragic, won't get as much attention in this More
Today is the anniversary of two tragedies By Chuck Turchick August 1, 2012 Today is the anniversary of two tragedies. Five years ago the 35W bridge collapsed, 13 people died and dozens of others were injured. We cut corners and people died. The other anniversary, equally tragic, won't get as much attention in this More
Today is the anniversary of two tragedies By Chuck Turchick August 1, 2012 Today is the anniversary of two tragedies. Five years ago the 35W bridge collapsed, 13 people died and dozens of others were injured. We cut corners and people died. The other anniversary, equally tragic, won't get as much attention in this More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ED6t5wsp8&w=420&h=315] Published on May 4, 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Now to some news coming out of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday - a three judge panel on the court ruled that former Bush legal advisor John Yoo - one of the men who wrote legal memos giving cover to President Bush to commit the More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ED6t5wsp8&w=420&h=315] Published on May 4, 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Now to some news coming out of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday - a three judge panel on the court ruled that former Bush legal advisor John Yoo - one of the men who wrote legal memos giving cover to President Bush to commit the More
Recommended by Coleen Rowley [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifoYmF6pJDA&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by SMUVideo on Jan 13, 2012 A luncheon debate at the October 22, 2011, conference on "National Security and Civil Liberties," sponsored by SMU's John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies and the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility. The debate was moderated by Seyom Brown, the John More
A Rainy Day in D.C., Marching to Close Guantanamo By Coleen Rowley Posted: 1/17/12 Huffington Post It’s hard to know what to do, as mere citizens, to try and fix things so many years after the United States government decided it did not have to follow its own laws, the Geneva Conventions or More
Dear Senators Klobuchar and Franken, and Representative Ellison: Today is a sad day. It is the ninth anniversary of the John Yoo-Jay Bybee "torture memos," which were eventually withdrawn after unsuccessfully attempting to define torture out of existence. But it's our actions in the nine years since that time that truly sadden me. I am saddened More
Predator Drones and the International Mafia by Dr. Reza Pankhurst July 18, 2011 from Foreign Policy Journal Referred to WAMMToday by Coleen Rowley, who says: I started to highlight the key portions of this article and almost ended up highlighting the whole thing! As an aside, don’t forget that William Mitchell Law More
