FOLLOWING HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE, PRESIDENT OBAMA IN JANUARY BANNED THE USE OF TORTURE AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH AMERICAN VALUES. YET, HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SO FAR DECLINED TO PROSECUTE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WHO HAVE USED TORTURE AND OFFICIALS WHO AUTHORIZED ITS PRACTICE AND ONLY RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO PUBLISH FOUR BUSH ADMINISTRATION LEGAL MEMOS JUSTIFYING TORTURE. LAST MONTH, OBAMA BLOCKED THE RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING IRAQI DETAINEE ABUSE INCLUDING RAPE.
YESTERDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO RULED THAT JOSE PADILLA, A U.S. CITIZEN WHO WAS TORTURED AND CONVICTED OF A TERROR CONSPIRACY CHARGE CAN SUE JOHN YOO, ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE BUSH MEMOS.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, AT ROCKY SULLIVANâS IN BROOKLYN, BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES CULLEN, A RETIRED CHIEF JUDGE OF THE U.S. ARMY COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT OF âSTATE TERRORISM: FROM TORTURE TO MURDERâ.
THE EVENT, SPONSORED BY THE OâDONOVAN ROSSA SOCIETY, WAS ATTENDED BY WBAI FRED NGUYEN AND HE FILED THIS REPORT:
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