Category Archives: Torture

CIA Director Says Next President Could Order Agency to Torture and It Might Comply

Alex Emmons The Intercept July 13, 2016 CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN said Wednesday that the next president could remove the restrictions President Obama has put on the use of drones overseas — and that the CIA might comply with an order to commit torture. In April, Brennan told NBC News that the CIA would refuse…

Clive Stafford Smith examines our inventive capacity for inflicting pain and terror on our fellow human. The history of torture teaches us two lessons: first, that our inventive capacity for inflicting pain and terror on our fellow human is shockingly expansive. Second, that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not…

By Chris Hedges: I and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely in military facilities. Carl…

Brave New Film’s “The War on Whistle Blowers”

Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films have produced another important documentary, the War on Whistleblowers. Bradley Manning revealed war crimes, but instead of investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators, the US government subjected Manning to treatment denounced by the United Nations as "cruel and inhuman." He faces life in prison, while those who committed grave violations…

When we stand up for Bradley Manning, we stand up for truth, decency and ourselves. I am Bradley Manning (full HD) from

James Steele: America’s mystery man in Iraq – Full Documentary – BBC

BBC Editor's Note: the investigation stemmed from Fago 242, an order issued from high levels of the US military. Bradley Manning did an enormous service by releasing the document to the press. A 15-month investigation by the Guardian and BBC Arabic reveals how retired US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in…

DRONE STRIKES

Reported deaths and injuries Pakistan 2004–2013 CIA Drone Strikes Total strikes: 378
Obama strikes: 326
Total killed: 2,528-3,644
Civilians killed: 416-948
Children killed: 168-200
Injured: 1,125-1,545
Yemen 2002–2013 US Covert Action Confirmed drone strikes: 54-64
Total killed: 268-397
Civilians killed: 21-58
Children killed: 5
Injured: 65-147
Possible extra drone strikes: 82-101
Total killed: 289-467
Civilians killed: 23-48
Children killed: 6-9
Injured: 83-109
Other covert operations: 12-77
Total killed: 148-380
Civilians killed: 60-88
Children killed: 24-26
Injured: 22-111
Somalia 2007–2013 US Covert Action Drone strikes: 4-10
Total killed: 9-30
Civilians killed: 0-15
Children killed: 0
Injured: 2-24
Other covert operations: 8-15
Total killed: 48-150
Civilians killed: 7-42
Children killed: 1-3
Injured: 13-21

Category Archives: Torture

CIA Director Says Next President Could Order Agency to Torture and It Might Comply

A History of Torture

The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA

Brave New Film’s “The War on Whistle Blowers”

I Am Bradley Manning

James Steele: America’s mystery man in Iraq – Full Documentary – BBC

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DRONE STRIKES

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