November 15, 2006


IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY

BUSH'S TORTURE MEMOS

It's really no surprise that orders to torture detainees came from the top of the United States government. But it is good that there is official documentation. Right-wingers won't be able to deny that Bush knew about torture and even took a direct part in authorizing it. Of course, many right-wingers have no problem with torture. Anything and everything done by a reactionary president is fine with them. That's why they need to be put into political and intellectual isolation. This article by Dan Eggen is at www.washingtonpost.com:

After years of denials, the CIA has formally acknowledged the existence of two classified documents governing aggressive interrogation and detention policies for terrorism suspects, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

But CIA lawyers say the documents -- memos from President Bush and the Justice Department -- are still so sensitive that no portion can be released to the public.

The disclosures by the CIA general counsel's office came in a letter Friday to attorneys for the ACLU. The group had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York two years ago under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking records related to U.S. interrogation and detention policies.