Sgt. Joshua Claus, Racist Rape Threats, & Supposed Rapport Techniques of...
This is posted under a different title at Daily Kos and Invictus (See note on Rachel Maddow’s claims about the use of the "Fear Up" interrogation technique at end of this article) It is difficult to...
View ArticleU.S. Legal Actions, UK Inquiry: Noose Tightens on Torture Criminals
Before taking up the question of the UK torture inquiry, announced the other day, we should consider other important developments on the anti-torture front today. Omar Khadr, captured as a child,...
View ArticleA Cry from Guantanamo: Omar Khadr’s Letter to his Attorney
Andy Worthington writes: The Washington Post has just made available a letter from Guantánamo (PDF), written by Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who was just 15 years old when he was seized in...
View ArticleThe Psychiatric Demonization of Omar Khadr
As the intense negotiations over a possible plea bargain for former child "soldier" Omar Khadr come to a head, "internationally acclaimed" forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner has given an...
View ArticleThe Wikileaks Effect: UK Guardian Reveals British Interrogation Manuals...
As the controversies over the Iraq logs released by Wikileaks last Friday escalate, with the United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture calling on Barack Obama to initiate an investigation into the...
View ArticleLiveblogging Twitter: Khadr Jury Deliberations
Breaking, 5:30pm. After 8 hours of deliberations by the seven-person military jury, the jury reached a decision, sentencing Omar Khadr to prison for 40 years. The decision is subject, reportedly, to...
View ArticlePropaganda Kabuki in Jury Verdict on Omar Khadr
Andy Worthington has posted his take on the Khadr verdict last Sunday, where a 7-person military jury ignored all evidence of torture and sentenced former child soldier Omar Khadr to 40 years in...
View ArticleDr. Welner Defends His Testimony in Khadr Trial, Spreads Administration...
On Christmas Eve, the Washington Post published an op-ed by forensic psychiatrist Michael Welner, “What I really said about radical jihadism.” Dr. Welner achieved some notoriety for his testimony in...
View ArticleMeans and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of...
As part of a new investigative story, Truthout has published documents written by the former psychologist for SERE, and later CIA contract interrogator for the Bush torture program, Bruce Jessen....
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Omar Khadr Leaves Guantanamo, While Press Refuses to Report His Water Torture
Omar Khadr as he looked when he was first sent to Guantanamo. (photo: Sherurcij / wikimedia) On a pre-dawn Saturday morning, September 29, the youngest prisoner in Guantanamo, Omar Khadr left the harsh...
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