“Medical examinations and interviews of eleven former Guantanamo detainees by Physicians for Human Rights [for a June 2008 report] showed that physicians had monitored interrogations and provided medical information to interrogators who participated in torture, and that such physicians made no attempt to stop the abuse. Each of the eleven detainees indicated that they were […]
6/15/2008
“Medical examinations and interviews of eleven former Guantanamo detainees by Physicians for Human Rights [for a June 2008 report] showed that physicians had monitored interrogations and provided medical information to interrogators who participated in torture, and that such physicians made no attempt to stop the abuse. Each of the eleven detainees indicated that they were […]
6/15/2008
“The [June] 2008 National Defense Strategy approved by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates states that even winning the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan will not end America’s ‘Long War’ against violent extremism. The Defense Strategy argues that the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorists should be America’s top military priority over the coming decades, […]
6/15/2008
“A [June] 2008 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office had found that $10 billion had already been spent to develop the Afghan army, yet only two of its 105 units were fully capable of operating, and a further $6 billion had been spent on the Afghan police and none of its units were fully […]
6/15/2008
“…to the astonishment of many, [President] Bush announced in June 2008 that America would remove North Korea from the terrorist blacklist after it gave up details of some of its nuclear activities and ceremoniously blew up a cooling plant. Four months later, the United Stated duly executed its intention.” [The 15th of the month used […]
6/13/2008
On June 13, 2008, “Taliban engineers mass breakout from Kandahar prison [Afghanistan], freeing 1,100 inmates, including 400 Taliban members.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 270 […]
6/12/2008
“Boumediene v. Bush was a habeas corpus case brought by six men captured overseas and held at Guantanamo who claimed they were not al Qaeda terrorists and were not supporters of the Taliban. A 5-4 Supreme Court majority found unconstitutional the latest and broadest statute attempting to strip federal courts of jurisdiction over habeas corpus […]
6/10/2008
Article IV “Misleading the American People and Members of Congress To Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States” of H.Res.1258 “RESOLUTION Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors”: “In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, … has both personally and acting […]
6/10/2008
Article XVIII “Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy” of H.Res.1258 “RESOLUTION Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors”: “In violation of the Constitution, U.S. law, the Geneva Conventions (to which the U.S. […]
6/10/2008
Article XIX “Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to ‘Black Sites’ Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known To Practice Torture” of H.Res.1258 “RESOLUTION Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors”: “… The president has publicly admitted that since the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the […]