12-12-16 Torture, USA - Bush II, Obama, Manning, Padilla...

"You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders." - Jesse Ventura

"Answers to leading questions under torture naturally tell us nothing about the beliefs of the accused; but they are good evidence for the beliefs of the accusers." - C.S. Lewis

"No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights." - Muqtada al Sadr

A Mother's "Last Chance" at Justice:
José Padilla Torture Case Brought Before Human Rights Tribunal

By Deborah Francois, Sheng Li, and Alaina Varvaloucas

Padilla is the only American citizen to have been seized on U.S. soil, detained as an enemy combatant, kept in incommunicado military detention, and tortured.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33299.htm

Manning Was Treated Like an 'Animal' Attorney Says

By Julie Tate

"The fact that Manning's spirit is not broken is amazing," Coombs said. "Being treated as a zoo animal for that period of time has to weigh heavily on the psyche."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33300.htm

Why We Torture

By Gareth Peirce

The worst excesses of the last ten years, should have sounded loud alarms.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33302.htm

Judge Rules Torture Testimony Can Be Censored

ByKevin Gosztola

A military judge has ruled that statements made by defendants on trial for their involvement in the September 11th attacks could be censored if they make statements about how they were tortured or abused.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33304.htm