The meaning of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution could not be clearer:
“When [a government interrogator is] hurting you in order to get information from you, you wouldn’t say he’s punishing you. What is he punishing you for?”– U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel […]

I confess to liking Craig Ferguson. He was the best part of the Drew Carey Show, but I guess that’s not necessarily high praise.
Having him as the host of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year had to beat the crap out of last year’s pick — Rich Little. At least nobody has to consult […]

Late on Friday, April 11, George Bush confirmed to ABC News that he had approved the crafting by senior administration officials of torture guidelines for use by CIA interrogators.
The branding resulted in a second-degree burn that left a half-inch scab in the shape of the Greek letter Delta.
One night earlier, on MSNBC’s “Countdown with […]

The public was first introduced to Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff when he was a Republican operative advocating impeaching Pres. Clinton on cable talk shows during the 1990s. He was the boss of Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown during Katrina, and now comes the unsurprising news he was up to his neck in the Bush […]

As you can see in the video above, Condoleezza Rice has gone before the Congress and the American people on several occassions to confirm that torture remains illegal under the Bush regime and the U.S. government was not committing or conspiring to torture people — but now the record is clear that, as national security […]

The corporate news media are ignoring the revelation by ABC News last week that top administration officials, including Dick Cheney and then Sec. of State Colin Powell, drafted guidelines for torture techniques to be used by CIA interrogators.
Five years from now, reporters will write books on why they chose to ignore the story of Cheney’s […]

George Bush’s confirmation Friday that he authorized top officials in his administration to create torture guidelines for the CIA — in violation of U.S. and international law — has prompted the ACLU to call on Congress to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the officials’ authorization of torture:
“We have always known that the CIA’s […]

Suggests Cheney, Rice, Powell and Other White House Officials Committed War Crimes

Video above from MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on Thursday, April 10. (See transcript below.)
In the 1990s, Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor and constitutional expert, was a strong advocate for impeaching Pres. Bill Clinton because Clinton lied about his relationship with […]

“Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people. And yes, I’m aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved,” George Bush said to ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz late on Friday:
The big story on cable news today is the controversy over Obama saying […]