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By Ken Dilanian

David Petraeus, Barack Obama s choice to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, says the US should consider using special interrogation techniques when a captive is withholding information that is immediately needed to save lives.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28410.htm



Why Petraeus is Wrong on Torture

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Special Comment: By Keith Olbermann
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28411.htm



Obama s Gulag: Detention Without Trial
Terror 'Suspect' Secretly Held And Interrogated By US

By Al-Jazeera

Man appears in New York court after being held and interrogated on US navy ship for two months without being advised of his rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28494.htm



Four Decades of Cruelty and Inhumanity to U.S. Political Prisoners

The nation with the world s highest incarceration rate and a justice system saturated with racism claims to have no political prisoners. In fact, scores have been held under cruel and unusual conditions for three and four decades.

http://blackagendareport.com/content/four-decades-cruelty-and-inhumanity-us-political-prisoners



US Justice? Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100

A homeless man robbed a Louisiana bank and took a $100 bill. After feeling remorseful, he surrendered to police the next day. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/265402


From Information Clearing House

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Urge the U.S. government to apologize to torture survivor Maher Arar
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gdJLKPNjEbKNK1L&s=dmLXLePTLfLVJiO0LsE&m=giIXI3OGKdKOKeL

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About Hypocrisy at Guantanamo Bay

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The United States is outspoken about human rights violations happening across the globe, but what about the ones of which America itself is guilty? Investigative journalist Jason Leopold talks to RT about the conditions at Guantanamo that America isn t acknowledging.

http://www.truth-out.org/hypocrisy-guantanamo-bay/1309183950



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