http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-256438 British High Court rejects U.S./British cover-up of torture evidence - Salon.com Sat, 21 May 2011 12:49:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-256438 [...] a February, 2009 statement issued by Obama’s National Security Council praising the concealment of these paragraphs [...] [...] a February, 2009 statement issued by Obama’s National Security Council praising the concealment of these paragraphs [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-256376 Binyam Mohamed, war crimes investigations, and American exceptionalism - Salon.com Sat, 21 May 2011 10:50:52 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-256376 [...] That wasn’t the only step the Obama administration has taken to keep concealed the treatment to which Mohamed was subjected.  Mohamed is also one of the five plaintiffs suing Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, for its role in his “renditions” — the case where the Obama DOJ invoked the Bush theory of “state secrets” in order to demand that a federal court dismiss Mohamed’s lawsuit before any facts could be revealed about what was done to him.  As The Washington Independent‘s Daphne Evitar put it: [...] [...] That wasn’t the only step the Obama administration has taken to keep concealed the treatment to which Mohamed was subjected.  Mohamed is also one of the five plaintiffs suing Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, for its role in his “renditions” — the case where the Obama DOJ invoked the Bush theory of “state secrets” in order to demand that a federal court dismiss Mohamed’s lawsuit before any facts could be revealed about what was done to him.  As The Washington Independent‘s Daphne Evitar put it: [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-189357 British High Court rejects U.S./British cover-up of torture evidence Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:46:18 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-189357 [...] a February, 2009 statement issued by Obama’s National Security Council praising the concealment of these paragraphs [...] [...] a February, 2009 statement issued by Obama’s National Security Council praising the concealment of these paragraphs [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-189328 Binyam Mohamed, war crimes investigations, and American exceptionalism Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:27:39 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-189328 [...] That wasn’t the only step the Obama administration has taken to keep concealed the treatment to which Mohamed was subjected.  Mohamed is also one of the five plaintiffs suing Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, for its role in his “renditions” — the case where the Obama DOJ invoked the Bush theory of “state secrets” in order to demand that a federal court dismiss Mohamed’s lawsuit before any facts could be revealed about what was done to him.  As The Washington Independent‘s Daphne Evitar put it: [...] [...] That wasn’t the only step the Obama administration has taken to keep concealed the treatment to which Mohamed was subjected.  Mohamed is also one of the five plaintiffs suing Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, for its role in his “renditions” — the case where the Obama DOJ invoked the Bush theory of “state secrets” in order to demand that a federal court dismiss Mohamed’s lawsuit before any facts could be revealed about what was done to him.  As The Washington Independent‘s Daphne Evitar put it: [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-36691 ajm8127 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:27:39 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-36691 Trust me, I'd love to throw Cheney and Rove in jail. Bush should just be exiled to his ranch, he was just a front man.. I just think Obama is trying no to shake the hornet's nest. Especially with Panetta's confirmation on the horizon. Trust me, I'd love to throw Cheney and Rove in jail. Bush should just be exiled to his ranch, he was just a front man.. I just think Obama is trying no to shake the hornet's nest. Especially with Panetta's confirmation on the horizon.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-36690 deviatar Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:15:49 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-36690 well, if it was just an ordinary citizen who'd committed egregious crimes we wouldn't expect prosecutors to hold off because the rest of the country was more interested in something else. Nobody's saying that President Obama needs to personally devote himself to prosecuting George Bush, but to deliberately conceal evidence of crimes that may have taken place, and that much of the world is indeed very concerned about, seems unwise at best, and at worst, an obstruction of justice. well, if it was just an ordinary citizen who'd committed egregious crimes we wouldn't expect prosecutors to hold off because the rest of the country was more interested in something else. Nobody's saying that President Obama needs to personally devote himself to prosecuting George Bush, but to deliberately conceal evidence of crimes that may have taken place, and that much of the world is indeed very concerned about, seems unwise at best, and at worst, an obstruction of justice.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-36689 deviatar Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:13:23 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-36689 Actually, he hasn't withdrawn it, he just characterizes it differently. What's clear is that the US has told the UK that it does not want it to publish the information, and that doing so would harm their cooperative intelligence relationship. And the Obama administration has not changed that position. You can say that's not a threat or not diplomatic pressure if you want to, but in any event, it's a deliberate effort to conceal information concerning potential war crimes from the public. That strikes me as inconsistent with President Obama's pledges made in his first days in office. Actually, he hasn't withdrawn it, he just characterizes it differently. What's clear is that the US has told the UK that it does not want it to publish the information, and that doing so would harm their cooperative intelligence relationship. And the Obama administration has not changed that position. You can say that's not a threat or not diplomatic pressure if you want to, but in any event, it's a deliberate effort to conceal information concerning potential war crimes from the public. That strikes me as inconsistent with President Obama's pledges made in his first days in office.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-36688 Vasya Takhtoyamskiy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:46:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-36688 Oh, my, what a tragedy. Sounds to me like people in the trenches know what they are doing and another clueless reported trying to score a quick point. Oh, my, what a tragedy. Sounds to me like people in the trenches know what they are doing and another clueless reported trying to score a quick point.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-17746 ajm8127 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:27:39 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-17746 Trust me, I'd love to throw Cheney and Rove in jail. Bush should just be exiled to his ranch, he was just a front man.. I just think Obama is trying no to shake the hornet's nest. Especially with Panetta's confirmation on the horizon. Trust me, I'd love to throw Cheney and Rove in jail. Bush should just be exiled to his ranch, he was just a front man.. I just think Obama is trying no to shake the hornet's nest. Especially with Panetta's confirmation on the horizon.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/29156/obama-administration-thanks-uk-for-concealing-evidence-of-us-sponsored-torture/comment-page-1#comment-17720 deviatar Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:15:49 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=29156#comment-17720 well, if it was just an ordinary citizen who'd committed egregious crimes we wouldn't expect prosecutors to hold off because the rest of the country was more interested in something else. Nobody's saying that President Obama needs to personally devote himself to prosecuting George Bush, but to deliberately conceal evidence of crimes that may have taken place, and that much of the world is indeed very concerned about, seems unwise at best, and at worst, an obstruction of justice. well, if it was just an ordinary citizen who'd committed egregious crimes we wouldn't expect prosecutors to hold off because the rest of the country was more interested in something else. Nobody's saying that President Obama needs to personally devote himself to prosecuting George Bush, but to deliberately conceal evidence of crimes that may have taken place, and that much of the world is indeed very concerned about, seems unwise at best, and at worst, an obstruction of justice.

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