White House Watch Archive: Torture
Push Back, Mr. President
Give them an inch, they'll take a mile. Now that President Obama has shown that he can be rolled when it comes to his commitment to transparency, the defenders of torture are shamelessly pressuring him to keep their secrets even...
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Dan Froomkin
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June 17, 2009; 9:09 AM ET |
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The Foot-Dragging Continues
In the latest example of the extraordinarily and indefensible foot-dragging of the Obama administration when it comes to releasing information about the Bush torture legacy, the CIA yesterday -- under court order -- released a few tiny, additional fragments from...
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Dan Froomkin
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June 16, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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Political Advisers Sank Truth Commission
There's a lot of headline-worthy news in Jane Mayer's fascinating New Yorker profile of CIA director Leon Panetta. But what surprised me the most was that Panetta initially supported the establishment of a blue-ribbon commission to investigate the abuses of...
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June 15, 2009; 1:55 PM ET |
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Good Questions From a Senator and an Activist
Over in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, a senator and an activist raised a series of important questions that deserve to be aggressively pursued. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) took to the Senate floor to talk about torture, the campaign of falsehood...
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June 11, 2009; 11:02 AM ET |
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Incoming: More Torture Documents
Despite the Obama administration's best attempts to block the release of key documents and photographs -- and otherwise stymie investigations into the Bush torture legacy -- it looks like some more significant disclosures are coming down the pike. Scott Shane...
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June 10, 2009; 12:30 PM ET |
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Too Embarrassing to Disclose?
President Obama's approach to government transparency is disturbingly opaque in places, particularly when it comes to disclosing information about the Bush administration's torture legacy. To his credit, Obama in mid-April released a handful of Justice Department memos that authorized and...
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Dan Froomkin
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June 9, 2009; 11:05 AM ET |
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