Author: smintheus

[promoted by Chris] The ACLU today released 9,000 Army documents concerning the abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. One, a document from the DIA Inspector General’s office, dated May 19, 2004, directly...

In my earlier diary, More than 1000 secret CIA flights, I showed that the administration’s attempt to downplay the number of people who’ve been subjected to “extraordinary rendition” has to be cast aside....

That’s the scoop from The Hill today. The report suggests that John Boehner gave way to growing pressure from some Republicans to allow the House to debate the Iraq war at length. House Majority Leader John Boehner...

The CIA has always tried to downplay the actual number of times terror suspects have been “extraordinarily renditioned”–in other words, flown oversees, imprisoned secretly, and tortured. No surprise, it’s...

George W. Bush just cannot get his fill of lying to the public. It’s as if he’s adicted to lying, gets his jollies from standing up in front of people who know better and telling them bald-faced lies. Today in...