Friday Afternoon News Dump: The TORTURE Edition:

[Totally Committed]

It's Friday afternoon, and you know what THAT means... NEWS DUMP!!!

Ordinarily, I let these news dumps come and go, because I often feel we are the only ones who know what's really going on anyway, so most of the rest of America won't even notice that the news they most need to keep aware of is released, or "dumped" Friday night through Saturday. This week is different. This week, the Republican-led Congress voted IN OUR NAME to allow President Bush to have his way on the Detainee Bill. That means, IN OUR NAME, The Geneva Conventions are on life-support, and TORTURE is on the menu.

Here are just SOME of the stories being "dumped this afternoon" by the gutless Corporate Media. These are the stories the rest of America will probably never hear about, if the Republicans get their way... and most of the time they do!:


McCain praises terrorism detainee deal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14950788/from/RSS/


Senator Graham Censured by Army Court
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/senator_graham_.html


The Abuse Can Continue
Senators won't authorize torture, but they won't prevent it, either.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101647.html


Justice Dept. Amends Remark on Torture Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/world/americas/21canada.html?ex=1316491200&en=c41819e94cf561a8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


Joe Conason: Opponents of Torture Are True Patriots
http://www.observer.com/20060925/20060925_Joe_Conason_opinions_conason.asp


Sidney Blumenthal:The torture battle royal
The public violation of the Geneva convention has created a schism between the president and military

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1877301,00.html


Millitary.com: We've Sunk to Osama's Level

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,114304,00.html


Tell Your Senators: Don't Let the White House Legalize Torture

http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=21387&afccode=n73hdl


Sidney Blumenthal: Where torture got him
Bush's effort to gut the Geneva Conventions has antagonized the military, split Republicans, and undercut his war on terror.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/09/21/torture/index_np.html


Bush, GOP rebels agree on detainee bill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_go_co/congress_terrorism;_ylt=AhpJgbjwsTdXSbDmlG2NyP.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--


Pres. Clinton: Bush Wrong to Legitimize Whacking People Around
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/09/21/pres-clinton-bush-wrong-to-legitimize-whacking-people-around/


The Rude Pundit: The Great Cave-In - The Torture 'Compromise'

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2006/09/great-cave-in-torture-compromise-how.html


Tortured by Mistake
The case of Maher Arar shows why the Bush administration's secret detention program is wrong.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901547.html


House panel backs Bush on detainees

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-09-20T215718Z_01_N20234847_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO-VOTE.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C1-TopStories-newsOne-2


Read 'em and weep.




TC

[Totally Committed]

1. Excellent post... Please read it!

No compromise on torture From Amnesty International
by bonito

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2841970

And, please vote it up so everyone sees it!

TC

[AtomicKitten]

2. This NEWS DUMP is one of the most egregious in scope

that I can recall.

K&R