Torture

Dick Cheney is coming to Vancouver on September 26 to promote his new book, but Vancouver lawyer Gail Davidson has other plans for one of the most controversial figures of the modern era. Continue Reading

A federal judge has ruled that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld can be sued personally for damages by a former U.S. military contractor who says he was tortured during a nine-month imprisonment in Iraq. Continue Reading

The new U.N. torture expert urged the United States on Tuesday to conduct a full investigation into torture under the Bush administration and prosecute offenders as well as senior officials who ordered it. Continue Reading

Amnesty International has urged a criminal investigation into the role of former U.S. President George W. Bush and other officials in the use of enhanced interrogation techniques against detainees held in secret U.S. custody. Continue Reading

According to a document obtained by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on Tuesday March 16, the 9/11 commission was warned on Jan. 6th, 2004 by high-level administration officials to "not cross the line" in the investigation of the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. Continue Reading

Much of the material cited in the 9/11 Commission’s findings was derived from terror war detainees during brutal CIA interrogations authorized by the Bush administration. In fact, information derived from the interrogations was central to the 9/11 Report’s most critical chapters, those on the planning and execution of the attacks. Continue Reading