I am not ignoring the torture news thats coming down. Its been overwhelming

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and normally I would take some time to process it, get angry as hell, and then calm down and link it. The problem is that, well, every fucking day I turn around, the news gets worse and worse. And I don't want to miss anything. So I am linking to some of emptywheeel's astonishing yoeman's work on this fucking bullshit (and some from attackerman):


How The Torture Started

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month

Abu Zubaydah: Waterboarded 83 Times for 10 Pieces of Intelligence


The SASC Smoking Gun on Waterboarding


They tortured to get to their war of choice:Iraq

While We Were There A Large Part of the Time We Were Focused On Trying To Establish A Link Between Al Qaeda And Iraq And We Were Not Being Successful In Establishing A Link Between Al Qaeda And Iraq”

Debunking the Torture Apologists’ “Half the Intelligence” Claim


Breaking: Torture Architect John Rizzo Still Working at CIA

CIA Directors protecting themselves

The Torture Memos and the FBI-CIA Dispute



see also:
Nathaniel Raymond, Director of Physicians for Human Rights: The Role of Health Professionals in Bush-Era Torture


Rachel Maddow - former Rice confidant Philip Zelikow on the torture memos, part 1

Rachel Maddow - former Rice confidant Philip Zelikow on the torture memos, part 2