Mohammed al-Qahtani and Yoo’s Attempt to Ignore Torture Statute

By: emptywheel Friday February 26, 2010 10:12 am

Update: The Nation’s Chris Hayes and I had a chat about the OPR report here. The OPR Report [searchable PDF here] notes–but does not call much attention to–a Goldsmith footnote on a draft of his attempt to replace the March 2003 Yoo Memo that had authorized torture for us in DOD. In a footnote designed [...]

Surprise! More Suppressed Torture Tapes

By: emptywheel Monday October 5, 2009 11:26 am

Did Susan Crawford admit the government had tortured Mohammed al-Qahtani because she knew there were tapes that might come out?

What about Abu Zubaydah?

By: emptywheel Wednesday January 14, 2009 6:41 am

Susan Crawford, who’s in charge of Gitmo show trials, admits that Mohammed al-Qahtani was tortured. Why wasn’t she asked about Abu Zubaydah?

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