Marcy Wheeler last month on CIA torture, comedic Senate oversight, and the...
Body: Marcy Wheeler: If nothing else it demonstrates how ridiculous our oversight system is. Because here you have the people who are supposed to be overseen, who can make this case to avoid being...
View ArticleMarcy does the Rizzo CIA lie count for lazy journalists
Body: If Rizzo were to admit that the representations he made to Yoo back in 2002 were false, then the legal sanction CIA got to conduct torture would crumble.This is an update to my last transcript,...
View ArticleLies and consequences - Marcy Wheeler interviewed on the CIA torture report,...
Body: Marcy Wheeler: I think that the people close to Cheney, they’re going to double down. John Rizzo, going to double down. Jose Rodriguez, they’re going to double down. And the reason they can do...
View ArticleMr. Pascal
Body: by Alison De Vere, 1979. Man, I hope this works. I cannot see youtubes now:Happy Easter everyone!
View Article"The illusion of a court system" since 9/11 - CCR's Michael Rattner interviewed
Body: Michael Rattner: I must say, you know, the courts have essentially taken a break from the U.S. Constitution since 9/11. We’ve lost, if you look at it, any cases to do with torture, every case to...
View Article"People just hate us now because of this" - Reprieve's Clive Stafford Smith...
Body: Clive Stafford Smith: Speaking as an American for a moment, one of the things that upsets me about this is around the world we’re destroying our own reputation no end bad. You know, we have a...
View ArticleJonathan Landay on the CIA torture report; April 11 interview
Body: ...quote unquote "facts"... ...quote unquote "intelligence"... ...quote unquote "committed suicide"...Well, it's the CIA. McClatchy's Jonathan Landay looks back on recent reporting on the CIA...
View ArticleScott Horton interviews The Other Scott Horton on the...
Body: Other Scott Horton: Well, and conversely, Dianne Feinstein in the speech she gave, she said, you know, “This is a death of the republic sort of issue.” And that may sound melodramatic. It’s...
View ArticleA look back at the Guantanamo "suicides" of 2006 - Australia radio 2010
Body: From a four-year old Australian podcast:They claimed that the prisoners had fashioned a noose from torn sheets and T-shirts. They tied it to the top of the cell, which has an 8-foot high...
View ArticleErrol Morris on Abu Ghraib: "It's about us"
Body: Errol Morris: I get tortured by stuff. I don’t have the answers. I’d like to have the answers but I don’t have them. I would get into arguments with people about Sabrina’s smile. A recurring...
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