Bush signed the Military Commissions Law today. Now Bush can hold people without charge, try them without letting them see the evidence, and have the final word on what counts as torture. (Hint: "If the President doesallows it, it's legal.")

I find myself without anything to say. Thankfully, others aren't similarly affected.

Glenn Greenwald: " ( Read more... )

I don't know about you, but the horrible insanity that is the impending legalization of torture in this country has kinda knocked me back. It's the sort of thing that leads to a sense of futility, and a recurrence of that sinking feeling all too common in the last six years that we are headed into darkness. Hello, Stalin's RussiaLuckily, people ( Read more... )

We're gonna legalize torture. These are the torture tactics the Pentagon recently repudiated. Bush wants to sic dogs on naked people; the military doesn't.

And, you can now be disappeared and held indefinitely without charge! Well, that sure brightens my day. I look sexy in orange! And then there's this gem from Fox/White House Spokesperson ( Read more... )

Now the Iraqi people have Democratically elected, self-governing torture rooms!
Iraq's government says it has begun an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad ( Read more... )