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President George W. Bush meets with Vice President Dick Cheney, CIA Director George Tenet and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office after informing the nation that air strikes were made against the Taliban Sunday, October 7, 2001WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Dan Froomkin

The Bush administration was so adamant in its public statements against torture that CIA officials repeatedly sought reassurances that the White House officials who had given them permission to torture in the first place hadn’t changed their minds. In a July 29, 2003, White House meeting that included Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security […]

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

Dan Froomkin

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

Dan Froomkin

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

Dan Froomkin

U.S. officials are in for a serious grilling on Wednesday as they get hauled before the U.N. Committee against Torture and questioned about about a multitude of ways in which the U.S. appears to be failing to comply with the anti-torture treaty it ratified 20 years ago. As Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU Human […]

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Dan Froomkin

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Dan Froomkin

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Dan Froomkin

The CIA today hotly denied that it is intentionally holding up the release of a Senate report on its role in torturing detainees, charging instead that Senator Dianne Feinstein’s intelligence committee is responsible for dragging out the negotiations. “The suggestion that CIA is delaying or obstructing the negotiations over redactions is patently false,” agency spokesman […]

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Dan Froomkin

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Dan Froomkin

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Dan Froomkin

[This is the fourth post in a series on non-denial denials; see also parts one, two and three.] The most ludicrous but nevertheless most memorable post-Nixon non-denial denial has got to be President Bill Clinton’s finger-waggling statement: I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going […]

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks at the National Press Club December 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Panetta spoke on the topic of "what lies ahead for the U.S. military". (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry

Dan Froomkin

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry

Dan Froomkin

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry

Dan Froomkin

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta, in his new book, describes being summoned to a White House meeting and cussed out by President Obama’s chief of staff after he agreed to give the Senate intelligence committee access to documents chronicling the agency’s use of torture during the Bush administration. “The president wants to know who the […]

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances

Torture If You Must, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Call the <em>New York Times</em>

Torture If You Must, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Call the <em>New York Times</em>

Torture If You Must, But Do Not Under Any Circumstances Call the <em>New York Times</em>

Torture, ‘Meet the Press’ and Cheney’s Quest for Revenge

Torture, ‘Meet the Press’ and Cheney’s Quest for Revenge

Torture, ‘Meet the Press’ and Cheney’s Quest for Revenge

For CIA, Truth About Torture Was an Existential Threat

For CIA, Truth About Torture Was an Existential Threat

For CIA, Truth About Torture Was an Existential Threat

12 Things to Keep in Mind When You Read the Torture Report

12 Things to Keep in Mind When You Read the Torture Report

12 Things to Keep in Mind When You Read the Torture Report

Obama Administration Reverses Bush Policy, Says U.S. Torture Ban Applies Abroad

Obama Administration Reverses Bush Policy, Says U.S. Torture Ban Applies Abroad

Obama Administration Reverses Bush Policy, Says U.S. Torture Ban Applies Abroad

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

An Innocent Man, Tortured by the U.S., Asks the U.N.: Where’s the Accountability?

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Frustrated CIA Blames Torture Report Delays on Senators Who Want It To Be Intelligible

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Non-Denial Denials: The Most Ludicrous and the Most Heinous

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry

Panetta Says Rahm Emanuel Cussed Him Out for Cooperating With Torture Inquiry