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Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram

By | 12.02.09 | 11:56 am

One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base.  That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the More…

As Expected, CIA Continues to Withhold Key Documents

By | 09.01.09 | 3:06 pm

As Spencer noted, in responding to a federal judge’s order to turn over another batch of documents including President George W. Bush’s authorization of CIA secret prisons, and records of investigations into the abuse of detainees in U.S. custody, the Department of Justice instead opted More…

New Details on CIA ‘Black Sites’

By | 08.13.09 | 9:51 am

The New York Times has a blockbuster story this morning about the infamous secret prisons — or “black sites” — operated by the CIA for housing and interrogating high-value terror suspects. The article contains new details about the locations of the sites:

One jail was a renovated

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Spain Won’t Prosecute Bush Officials After All

By | 04.16.09 | 2:47 pm

Despite recent reports to the contrary, Spain’s attorney general has now reportedly decided not to prosecute the Bush Six — the top legal officials in the Bush administration who allegedly approved the torture of terror suspects.  Attorney General Candido Conde-Pumpio said that the United States would be the proper More…