The seeds for the Bush administration’s policy of torture were planted in December 2001, nearly a year before the Justice Department issued…
The CIA has about 3,000 documents related to the 92 destroyed videotapes that showed “war on terror” detainees being subjected to harsh…
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For more than four years, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating the origins of an Aug. 1, 2002…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers says President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney committed impeachment-worthy offenses which must be…
It’s not uncommon for Presidents to embellish their accomplishments upon leaving office, but George W. Bush, who will exit the White House…
Author’s note: Cheney’s admission during an interview with the Washington Times this week about his role in approving the waterboarding of three…
A high-ranking CIA official warned Condoleezza Rice in September 2002 that allegations about Iraq seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger were untrue and…
Vice President Dick Cheney said for the first time Monday that he helped get the “process cleared” for the brutal interrogation program…
The economic meltdown that has dominated media coverage over the past several months has overshadowed a crisis at the Department of Veterans…
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