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Torture

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  1. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: DNI Nominee Refuses to Call Waterboarding Torture
  2. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Retired General: Abu Ghraib Scandal ‘Undermined’ His ‘Moral Authority’ in Iraq, Blames Bush Policies
  3. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Senator to Push for Congressional Restrictions on Interrogation Tactics
  4. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Law Professor Recommends Legislation to Prohibit Guantanamo from Use as Detention Facility Forever
  5. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: House Republican: Guantanamo Detainees Enjoy More Comforts than Many Americans
  6. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Obama Bans Torture, Nullifies Bush Legal Opinions on Interrogations
  7. 2009-01-22 January 22, 2009: Obama Orders Closure of Guantanamo and CIA Prisons
  8. 2009-01-23 January 23, 2009: Retired General: ‘Pattern’ of Torture Directly Traceable to Cheney’s Statement after 9/11
  9. 2009-01-23 January 23, 2009: Columnist: ‘I am Beginning to Recognize My Country Again’
  10. 2009-01-29 Shortly Before January 29, 2009: Padilla Sues Rumsfeld, Other Bush Administration Figures for Illegal Detention
  11. 2009-01-29 January 29, 2009: Former Bush Lawyer Says US Must Continue Detaining, Torturing Terror Suspects
  12. 2009-01-30 January 30, 2009: Republicans Advocate Keeping Guantanamo Open
  13. 2009-01-30 January 30, 2009: Padilla Attorneys Say High-Level Bush Officials Countenanced Client’s Torture in US Naval Brig
  14. 2009-02-03 February 3, 2009: Rove Echoes Erroneous Statement about Prohibition of Torture Endangering America
  15. 2009-02-04 February 4, 2009: British Judges Refuse to Release Torture Documents, Blame US Threats
  16. 2009-02-05 February 5, 2009: Republican Senators Demand Guantanamo Remain Open
  17. 2009-02-05 February 5, 2009: CIA Director Nominee: President Cannot Order Torture
  18. 2009-02-05 February 5, 2009: CIA Director Nominee: No More ‘Extraordinary Renditions’
  19. 2009-02-08 February 8, 2009: US Lawyer Says Guantanamo Client near Death, Demands Release
  20. 2009-02-09 February 9, 2009: ACLU Lawyer: Obama Justice Department Protecting Programs Obama Ordered Terminated
  21. 2009-02-12 February 12, 2009: Government Documents Give Further Proof of Torture of Prisoners, Collusion between CIA and Defense Department
  22. 2009-02-12 February 12, 2009: Documents Show Prisoners Tortured to Death by US Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq
  23. 2009-02-14 February 14, 2009: Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers
  24. 2009-02-17 February 17-18, 2009: Former Guantanamo Guard Haunted by Involvement in Physical Abuse of Detainees
  25. 2009-02-21 February 21, 2009: Head of Abu Ghraib Investigation Says US Needs Commission to Investigate Bush Torture, Detention Policies
  26. 2009-02-22 February 22-24, 2009: Guantanamo Detainee Released; Lawyers Allege Abuse in Final Weeks of Captivity
  27. 2009-02-24 February 24, 2009: Former Guantanamo Detainee Says British Officials Complicit in Torture
  28. 2009-02-25 February 25, 2009: Attorney General Confirms Guantanamo to Be Closed within a Year
  29. 2009-02-25 February 25, 2009: Director of National Intelligence: Guantanamo Needs to Be Closed to Restore US’s Reputation, Influence
  30. 2009-02-27 February 27, 2009: ’Enemy Combatant’ Charged with Criminal Terrorism
  31. 2009-03-02 March 2, 2009: ACLU Welcomes Release of Bush Torture Documents, Says More Should be Released
  32. 2009-03-02 March 2, 2009: CIA Admits to Destroying 92 Videotapes of Interrogations
  33. 2009-03-05 March 5, 2009: Law Expert Calls for Reclassification of Bagram Detention Facility
  34. 2009-03-06 March 6, 2009: CIA Admits to Destroying 12 Videotapes of Prisoners Being Tortured
  35. 2009-03-06 March 6, 2009: CIA Turns Over Documents Showing Agency Inspector General Believed Interrogation Techniques Violated Treaties against Prisoner Abuse
  36. 2009-03-15 March 15, 2009: Torture Report by International Committee of the Red Cross Made Public
  37. 2009-03-17 March 17, 2009: Reporter: Press’s ‘Semantic Debate’ over Use of Word ‘Torture’ Interferes with ‘Clear Debate’ over Torture Policies
  38. 2009-03-17 March 17, 2009: Former Powell Chief of Staff Lambasts Bush Detainee Policies
  39. 2009-03-18 March 18, 2009 and After: Justice Department Argues for Release of Torture Memos; Current and Former CIA Officials Object
  40. 2009-03-29 March 29, 2009: Zubaida’s Torture Provided No Useful Information, Senior Government Officials Say
  41. 2009-04-01 April 1, 2009: Powell Refuses to Admit Participation in Approval of Torture
  42. 2009-04-10 April 10, 2009: CIA Announces Closure of Secret Overseas Prisons
  43. 2009-04-15 April 15, 2009: Former Deputy Secretary of State: Had He Known of Bush Administration Torture, He Hopes He Would Have Resigned
  44. 2009-04-15 April 15, 2009: President Obama Chooses to Release Torture Memos; Advisers Deeply Divided
  45. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: ACLU Demands Criminal Investigation of Bush Administration Officials for Torture Policies
  46. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: Blogger Comes Up with Footnote Showing 2005 Memo Proves Interrogators Exceeded Guidelines on Waterboarding
  47. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: Newly Released CIA Memo Inadvertently Reveals Information about ‘Ghost’ Detainee Ghul
  48. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: White House, CIA Director Promise No Prosecution of CIA Employees Who Followed Bush-Era Legal Guidelines
  49. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos
  50. 2009-04-16 April 16, 2009: Law Professor Slams Obama for Not Promising to Prosecute Bush Officials Who Sanctioned Torture