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Comment on Vincent Iacopino, MD, PhD by Medical Personnel and Torture « Forensic Healthcare Online

Medical Personnel and Torture « Forensic Healthcare Online — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:53:56 +0000

[...] from a talk given last week on the role of medical personnel in torture. The presentation, given by Dr. Vincent Iocopino, touches on legal, medical and human rights issues. Dr. Iocopino has written and presented [...]

Comment on Nationwide SOP Screening Was a Success! by Daily Constitutional: Stewardship « Home of the Brave

Daily Constitutional: Stewardship « Home of the Brave — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:48:14 +0000

[...] Morris is experiencing difficulty in finding venues for his torture expose, Standard Operating Procedure. His book of the same title [...]

Comment on Leanh Nguyen, PhD by Broken Laws, Broken Lives » Blog Archive » Leanh Nguyen, PhD, on Evaluating a Former Abu Ghraib Detainee

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:47:27 +0000

[...] Dr. Nguyen was one of the clinical evaluators for Broken Laws, Broken Lives. She is a former refugee of the Vietnam War, and is now a psychoanalyst practicing in New York City. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology. Her clinical work is devoted to severe trauma and refugee/immigrant mental health issues. [...]

Comment on Allen Keller, MD by Broken Laws, Broken Lives » Blog Archive » BLBL Co-Author Allen Keller on Democracy Now!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:42:33 +0000

[...] Allen Keller, MD discussed some of the findings of Broken Laws, Broken Lives the day after its release, on Democracy Now! Dr. Keller was one of the clinical evaluators and a co-author for the report. [...]

Comment on Taguba Calls on Media to Go after Those Who Authorized Torture by pmorlan

pmorlan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:57:48 +0000

There have been some excellent media articles and editorials discussing torture since the Taguba statement like the McClatchey series on torture and the ones listed below.

Commentary: Gen. Tagubs Knew Scandal Went to The Top

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/101/story/41772.html

Torturegate: Truth, But No Consequences

http://baltimorechronicle.com/2008/062008Floyd.shtml

Unfortunately there have also been some media outlets like the Washington Post and others who sometimes downplay news about torture (the Post did do an excellent series by Dana Priest on the black sites).

The day after Gen. Taguba accused the Bush administration of war crimes I tried to find an article about it on the Washington Post website. You would think when a former Maj. Gen. like
General Taguba accuses the Bush administration of war crimes that it would be front page news. But evidently the Washington Post thought it was only newsworthy enough to place on A7 of their newspaper. What’s more they didn’t even include Gen. Taguba’s name in their headline.

Exams Back Up Reports of Detainee Abuse, Group Says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800336.html

They finally got around to talking about Gen. Taguba at the very end of the story but they never quote him. Instead they say this when referencing Gen. Taguba:

“In a statement accompanying the report, retired Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, who led the Army’s first official investigation on Abu Ghraib, said the new evidence SUGGESTED a “systematic regime of torture” inside U.S.-run detention camps.”

I asked the Post the following questions on three separate occasions but I never got a reply:

Why did the Post bury the headline on this story?

Does the Post believe it is not newsworthy that a former General accuses the administration of war crimes?

Do Warrick and the Post really think that Taguba only SUGGESTED torture when he said:

“There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”

Why did Warrick and the Post go out of their way to downplay this story?

I hope everyone will challenge our media outlets whenever they either refuse to cover this issue or downplay it to make it seem less important.

Comment on Frank Donaghue Responds to Pentagon Comments on Broken Laws, Broken Lives by Justice

Justice — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:50:03 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with the person who posted first.

There are a lot of cards in this house… still, it must and WILL come down.

Also, the fact that hardly anyone ever comments whenever hard evidence for torture by US personnel turns up is both a disgrace for the American people, and expectable.

The flow of information must be more evenly distributed, so that when the war criminals finally go on trial, and serve time, nobody will be able to avert their gaze as easily anymore.

War crimes were, and still are being, committed. And there’s a lot of people turning their heads now, saying it isn’t happening. Those will be the same people who will say “I didn’t know,” or more honestly, “I didn’t want to know,” when the house of lies comes down.

Comment on Medical Evidence Supports Detainees’ Accounts of Torture in US Custody by MajorHuber

MajorHuber — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:37:34 +0000

Dear Cuty,
high time you read the articles of impeachment of GWB by Dennis Kucinich (http://kucinich.house.gov/) and please read Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler’s masterpiece ‘War is a racket’. It’s high time that these profit-driven wars stop and events like 9/11 get thoroughly investigated as many patriotic americans ask (see: http://www.patriotsquestion911.com or http://www.thepatriots.us).

Comment on Frank Donaghue Responds to Pentagon Comments on Broken Laws, Broken Lives by WellAware

WellAware — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:14:03 +0000

I am pleased to be the first to comment, and much relieved that such a report has FINALLY come forward from a group of physicians. The length of time it has taken is disheartening but we must go forward from now. House of cards seems to be falling, but there are ALOT of cards IN this house of cards, many of which physicians still almost to the person will not acknowledge…
As a former nurse, and a 30 year professional corrective bodyworker doing neuromuscular therapy, I am particularly affected by the information that has been available from a variety of sources about the extraordinary physical and psychological abuses of torture that have been authorized and done IN OUR NAME and with our money and primarily through our young people. The magnitude of the ripple effects of this will only be comprehended by a few, and highly skilled bodyworkers will be some of those people who may be able to help in the healing of these unfortunate victims of hellacious consequences…

Comment on Medical Evidence Supports Detainees’ Accounts of Torture in US Custody by Ben Greenberg

Ben Greenberg — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:19:48 +0000

@ceggli I think you clicked on the wrong link. There are two download links on the home page of this site; one is for the Executive Summary. The other is for the full report. They are clearly marked.

Ben Greenberg
Manager of Online Communications
Physicians for Human Rights

Comment on Medical Evidence Supports Detainees’ Accounts of Torture in US Custody by ceggli

ceggli — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:51:10 +0000

Wow . . that’s some statement. Do you know many Americans? I know thousands and no one I know wants to “torture dark skinned people.” Your statement is ridiculous. I just love how people drag out the spectre of racism whenever someone doesn’t agree with them. The bottom line is that we are in a war, like it or not. We did not start the war. The US military is the best trained and best disciplined in the world. I found it very interesting that I went to the trouble to register to download the “full report” and only got the executive summary. I want to see what is in those missing first 127 pages. I’ll keep trying to get them.