We've watched the Obama White House announce the end of torture and immunity for torturers, two policies that appear incompatible and have proven to be so. We've seen the White House claim the right to torture, and seen that greeted with silence and an averted gaze by those pretending torture is over. We've seen report after report of ongoing torture greeted with silence from the same pretenders, among whom we must include Congress.
Reuters [1], February 25, 2009.
New York Times [2], April 15, 2009.
Chris Matthews interview of Axelrod, video and background info [3], May 21, 2009.
New York Times [4], May 24, 2009.
Dan Rather on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show [5], June 2, 2009.
New York Times [6], June 17, 2009
BBC [7], June 24, 2009
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Washington Independent [9], June 24, 2009.
Gitmo Is Gitting Worse [10], July 2009.
Harper's [11], July 2009.
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SERE Psychologists Still Used in Special Ops Interrogations and Detention [12], July 2009.
Target Of Obama-Era Rendition Alleges Torture [13], August 2009.
Ongoing Abuse at Bagram [8], September 2009.
Torture Plane Still Flying [14], November 2, 2009.
Beatings at Bagram [15], November, 2009.
Torture Confirmed at Guantanamo [16], January, 2010.
Torture Never Stopped Under Obama [17], January, 2010.
White House Won't Say It Won't Torture [18], February 2010.
Torture at Bagram [19], April 2010.
Writer says torture still practised by US military [20], May 2010.
What is Obama Doing at Bagram? (Part One): Torture and the "Black Prison" [21], June 2010.
Video: Sanchez on Ongoing Torture [22], June 2010.
Bagram [23], January 2012.