Obama administration should comply with a court order and release the torture photos, or the media will (and has)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration initially agreed to comply with the order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to produce a small set of torture photos, previously agreed upon with the plaintiff ACLU, but last week it backed away from its agreement citing opposition from the Department of Defense. Obama Reverses Pledge to … Read more

In Memoriam: The Tucson Citizen 1870-2009

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson Citizen is Arizona's oldest continuously publishing newspaper. It has recorded the history of Arizona since its earliest territorial days. It has been a fixture in the firmament of newspaper publishing in Arizona — until today. Jennifer Boice, interim editor of the Tucson Citizen, writes in the final edition (vol. 139, … Read more

Torture Was Used to Coerce a Confession About The Non-Existent Link Between al Qaida and Saddam Hussein

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The picture becomes clearer every day that the Bush torture program was not for the purpose of preventing another imminent attack on the United States (the "ticking time bomb" scenario) or even for acquiring actionable intelligence in the field on the whereabouts of al Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Bush torture program was … Read more