CounterPunch: Henry Giroux on US Moral Paralysis – Torture and the Violence of Organized Forgetting
A Form of Moral Paralysis Torture and the Violence of Organized Forgetting Henry Giroux CounterPunch, Weekend Edition December 12-14, 2014 EXTRACT
SchwartzReport: 20 Key Findings on CIA Torture — Should President Fire DNI, USDI, and D/CIA?
20 key findings about CIA interrogations Almost 13 years after the CIA established secret prisons to hold and interrogate detainees, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on the CIA’s programs listing 20 key findings. Click a statement below for a summary of the findings: 1 “not an effective means of acquiring intelligence” 2 “rested …
Steven Aftergood: CIA Torture Report – Oversight, But No Remedies Yet — With Strong PBI Comment
CIA Torture Report: Oversight, But No Remedies Yet The release of the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation program is, among other things, an epic act of record preservation. Numerous CIA records that might not have been disclosed for decades, or ever, were rescued from oblivion by the Senate …
Mongoose: CIA Directors = Torture As Treason
Treason. From Tenet onwards. Any questions? The 10 most disturbing revelations in the CIA torture report 10. The use of torture to extract information was ineffective. Read full article with additional references. Torture @ Phi Beta Iota
Berto Jongman: UN Report – USA Tops in Torture & Police Violence
Being read in Europe. UN Report Documents Torture, Police Violence in US EXTRACT While this remains a closed book to the American political establishment, the report underscores the seamless connection between military violence overseas and militarized police violence at home — though its criticisms are couched largely in racial terms.
Worth a Look: Books on War and Torture Victims, Asylum and Refugee Trauma
2014 Refuge and Resilience: Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among Resettled Refugees and Forced Migrants Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the social and psychological resources that promote resilience among forced migrants, this book presents theory and evidence about what keeps refugees healthy during resettlement. The book draws on contributions from cultural psychiatry, anthropology, …
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Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner: Obama Suppressing 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Adopted by Senate Intelligence Committee
Obama Suppressing 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Adopted by Senate Intelligence Committee by: David Harris-Gershon on December 14th, 2013 | 3 Comments » Over a year ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to adopt a historic, 6,000-page report which contains “startling details” about CIA misdeeds related to its torture program. The report, which cost $40 …
