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Permalink Bush Team Approved C.I.A. Tactics, but Was Kept in Dark on Details, Report Says Claims

For four years, according to Central Intelligence Agency records, no one from the agency ever came to the Oval Office to give President George W. Bush a full briefing on what was happening American officials did in the dark dungeons of Afghanistan and Eastern Europe. For four years, interrogators stripped, slammed and soaked their prisoners without the president’s being told exactly what was going on. By the time the C.I.A. director came in April 2006 to give Mr. Bush the agency’s first briefing about the interrogation techniques it had been using since 2002, more than three dozen prisoners had already been subjected to them. And when told about one detainee being chained to the ceiling of his cell, clothed in a diaper and forced to urinate and defecate on himself, even a president known for his dead-or-alive swagger “expressed discomfort,” according to a report released Tuesday.

Barry Grey CIA torture and the crimes of the state || The Intelligence Committee Democrats, led by Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, do not name a single top Bush administration official, limiting their exposé to former high-ranking CIA officials. There are no formal proposals or calls for criminal prosecutions or other actions to hold those responsible for these heinous actions accountable. The report seeks to maintain the absurd fiction that the torture program was an isolated aberration, involving only a handful of operatives. In fact, the program of CIA torture was planned, implemented and monitored at the highest levels of the state.

Threatened to sexually assault the wife of one detainee and cut the throat of another prisoner's mother
Hypothermia, Broken Limbs, and Rectal Feeding: Details from the CIA Torture Report
The Nazis Used the Same “Enchanced Interrogation” Techniques the U.S. Did
RT.com: Facing justice: UN, HRW, Amnesty call for prosecuting US officials for torture
Le Monde: Tortures de la CIA : la complicité des pays européens
New York Times: Report Portrays a "Broken C.I.A." [nonsense] Devoted to a Failed Approach
CNN: Senate report: CIA misled public on torture
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey CIA files: Can pigs fly?
Eric London Brutal torture detailed in Senate report on CIA interrogation


Permalink Police Discloses Name of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man in Phoenix

30-year old Mark Rine was identified as the police officer who shot and killed Rumain Brisbon, an unarmed black man, in Arizona. Police in Phoenix, Arizona, have disclosed the name of the white police officer who shot and killed Rumain Brisbon, an unarmed 34-year-old black man, several news outlets reported. The officer was identified as 30-year-old Mark Rine, a member of the police force for seven years when he fatally shot Brisbon on December 2 during a struggle. "It has been seven days since the incident, and we didn't want to hold off on releasing the name any longer. He's now had time to mitigate any threats he might receive," NBC News quoted Sgt. Trent Crump, a spokesman for the Phoenix police department, as saying. Crump added that Rine "remains on desk duty while the shooting is investigated." The incident ignited protests in Phoenix, demanding justice and disclosure of the officer's name.


Permalink Merkel-Vertrauter verschärft Ton gegen Putin: „Er zerstört alles“

Angela Merkel lässt den Ton gegen Russlands Präsident Putin verschärfen. Ihr Russland-Beauftragter Gernot Erler wirft Putin vor, die europäische Friedensordnung in Frage zu stellen. Im ZDF braucht Merkel die einschlägigen Fragen des Moderators Claus Kleber gar nicht zu beantworten: Sie enthalten alle Klischees, die Merkel immer schon mal zu Putin loswerden wollte.


Permalink Watch This Prominent German Politician Hammer Merkel for Being a US Stooge


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Couldn't have said it better ourselves...Bundestag Member and Left Party Deputy Chair, Sahra Wagenknecht (Wikipedia) lays into Angela Merkel for serving US interests to the clear detriment of German citizens and the EU’s well being. If one good came out of the entire Ukraine coup and subsequent cold war between Russia and the US/EU, it is that the world now knows just how spineless and corrupt Europe’s leaders are, and Angela Merkel is no exception.

RT.com: 'Shut your trap, Merkel!' French MEP slams German Chancellor over call for more cuts
Peter Schwarz German elite divided over policy toward Russia and the US


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