Articles and reports on U.S. torture and detention policies
Late 2008-2009
The following articles are listed chronogically, ending with the most recent. Thanks to Tevyn East for compiling. To see an earlier list, check out "Articles/transcripts on U.S. torture, 2004-2008."
Preface to Broken Laws, Broken Lives, by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical evidence of torture by the U.S. is a report by Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Obama’s first problem is U.S. war crimes: The president-elect has to take a stand on Bush’s dark legacy, UK Times Online, Andrew Sullivan, November 30, 2008
I’m still tortured by what I saw in Iraq, Washington Post, Mathew Alexander, November 30, 2008
Justice after Bush: Prosecuting an outlaw administration, Harper’s magazine, Scott Horton, December 2008
Report: Torture started with Bush, Salon, Mark Benjamin, December 18, 2009
Secret crimes, Harper’s magazine, By Scott Horton, February 10, 2009
Did Bush’s attorney general hide internal dissent over torture?, Salon, Mark Benjamin, February 18, 2009
Obama upholds detainee policy in Afghanistan, New York Times, Charlie Savage, February 21, 2009
From captive to suicide bomber, Washington Post, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, February 24, 2009
Bush’s “lawyer- shopping’ for torture, Consortium News, Jason Leopold, March 24, 2009
Leahy faults GOP partisanship on Bush, Consortium News, Jason Leopold, April 2, 2009
Obama follows Bush policy on detainee access to courts, Washington Post, R. Jeffrey Smith, April 11, 2009
Obama and habeas corpus -- then and now, Salon, Glenn Greenwald, April 11, 2009
Interrogation memos detail harsh tactics by the CIA, New York Times, Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, April 16, 2009
New interrogation details emerge, Washington Post, Carrie Johnson and Julie Tate, April 17, 2009
Is torture really over?, Salon, Mark Benjamin, April 17, 2009
If everyone knew, who’s to blame? Washington Post, Mark Danner, April 26, 2009
Tortured profession: Psychologists warned of abusive interrogations, then helped craft them, Propublica, Sheri Fink, May 5, 2009
Knowing “what’s good for the country,” Consortium News, Robert Parry, May 17, 2009
Who to trust- Pelosi or the CIA, Consortium News, Jason Leopold, May 20, 2009
Obama endorses indefinite detention without trial for some, Washington Post, Peter Finn, May 22, 2009
Obama caves to “scaredy-cat nation,” Consortium News, Robert Parry, May 27, 2009
“Scaredy-cat nation” risks U.S. security, Consortium News, Robert Parry, May 29, 2009
Cheney led briefings of lawmakers to defend interrogation techniques, Washington Post, Paul Kane and Joby Warrick, June 3, 2009
DOJ claims offer clues on Obama detention policy, The Washington Independent, Daphne Eviatar, June 1, 2009
Officials report suicide of Guantánamo detainee, New York Times, William Glaberson and Margot Williams, June 3, 2009
EU agrees deal on accepting Guantanamo detainees, Washington Post (Reuters), David Brunnstrom, June 4, 2009
Reports
Senate Armed Services committee inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody
International Red Cross report on the treatment of 14 “high value” detainees in CIA custody, February 2007
Torture memos from Bush administration, 124-page PDF, published on New York Times website
Guantanamo and its aftermath: U.S. detention and interrogation practices and their impact on detainees, UC Berkley and the Center for Constitutional Rights, November 2008
Human rights agenda for the new U.S. administration, Human Rights Watch, November 2008
National Religious Campaign Against Torture’s agenda for 2009