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George W Bush Could Pardon Spies Involved in Torture
By Tim Shipman in Washington

A former CIA officer familiar with the backstage lobbying for pardons, said: "These are the people President Bush asked to fight the war on terror for him. He gave them the green light to fight tough. The view of many in the intelligence community is that he should not leave them vulnerable to legal censure when he leaves.
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As Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo, His Advisers Are Reportedly Crafting a Plan to Create A New System of Preventive Detention and National Security Courts

During an interview on 60 Minutes last night President-elect Barack Obama said he plans to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild the nation's moral stature. Last week, the Associated Press reported Obama advisers are crafting a plan that would put some Guantanamo Bay prisoners in front of a new court system designed to handle so-called "national security" cases.
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Senate Report Finds Rumsfeld Directly Responsible for US Torture of Prisoners

A bipartisan Senate report has accused former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials of being directly responsible for the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo and other US prisons. We speak with the man who sued Donald Rumsfeld in Berlin, German, attorney Wolfgang Kaleck.
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The United States: A Country Without Mercy
By Paul Craig Roberts

We have to ask ourselves why American service men and women and CIA operatives delight in torturing people about whom they know nothing? It has been well known since the Stalin era that torture never produces accurate information.
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CIA shuts down its secret prisons

The CIA announces that it is no longer operating its network of secret prisons, accused by critics of being used as torture centres. Ref. Source 6

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Obama: No charges for CIA torture

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama absolved the CIA from prosecution for harsh, painful interrogation of terror suspects Thursday, even as his administration released Bush-era memos graphically detailing - and authorizing - such grim tactics as slamming detainees against walls, waterboarding them and keeping them naked and cold for long periods. Ref. Source 3

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I like how the head of the CIA said he would retire if he knew we were torturing people. Seems he did know but he did not retire. I am one who really dislikes being lied too but it seems everyone in Washington DC wants to lie to me. Now we have a president that is not going to do anything against those who were doing the torture. I guess the good thing is the secret prisons are now closed.

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"One thing is for certain: There won't be any more mass graves and torture rooms and rape rooms." - George W. Bush [press availability in Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 12, 2004]