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Pardiss Kebriaei Interviewed on Antiwar Radio
Pardiss Kebriaei, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses the revived Military Commissions and Obama’s broken promise about closing Guantanamo; the broken system of checks and balances in government, in favor of the Executive; the dismissal of the lawsuit challenging Anwar al-Awlaki’s targeted assassination, giving Obama the power to kill US citizens without review, oversight or challenge; the scores of “worst of the worst” Guantanamo prisoners who turned out to be innocent; and how the US government picks and chooses which laws of war are applicable, and which aren’t (remarkably, the conclusions favor US government positions).
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A Look at the Bush and Obama Administration's Records on Torture
Chicago Public Radio's Worldview 1/24/11: Tenth year of U.S. operations of Guantanamo warrants a look at Bush and Obama administration's record on torture
This month marks the start of the tenth year of U.S. operations of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Despite pledges to close the prison and restore habeas corpus, President Obama has yet to do either. We talk with Cherif Bassiouni of DePaul University and author of "The Institutionalization of Torture by the Bush Administration: Is Anyone Responsible?" and Chicago attorney Candace Gorman, who represents two Guantanamo detainees.
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Debra Sweet on George W. Bush's Confession
Debra Sweet, Director of World Can't Wait, speaking on WBAI-NYC on November 8th about George Bush's new book, torture, and silent complicity.
