Parts of military interrogation manual copied from China; Obama under fire
from within for FISA vote; whistle-blower lawsuits languish at Justice
Department; US company training Mexican police on torture techniques;
Swedes
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t r u t h o u t | 07.02
China Inspired Interrogations at Guantanamo
http://www.truthout.org/article/china-inspired-interrogations-guantanamo
Scott Shane, of The New York Times: "The military trainers who came to
Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a
chart
showing the effects of 'coercive management techniques' for possible use
on
prisoners, including 'sleep deprivation,' 'prolonged constraint,' and
'exposure.' What the trainers did not say, and may not have known, was
that
their chart had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of
Chinese
Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions,
many of
them false, from American prisoners."
Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-voters-protest-his-switch-telecom-immunity
James Risen, of The New York Times: "Senator Barack Obama's decision to
sup****t legislation granting legal immunity to telecommunications
companies
that cooperated with the Bush administration's program of wiretapping
without
warrants has led to an intense backlash among some of his most ardent
sup****ters. Thousands of them are now using the same grass-roots
organizing
tools previously mastered by the Obama campaign to organize a protest
against
his decision. In recent days, more than 7,000 Obama sup****ters have
organized
on a social networking site on Mr. Obama's own campaign Web site."
Whistle-Blower Suits Languish at Justice
http://www.truthout.org/article/whistle-blower-suits-languish-justice
By Carrie Johnson, of The Wa****ngton Post: "More than 900 cases alleging
that
government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of
billions
of dollars are langui****ng in a backlog that has built up over the past
decade
because the Justice Department cannot keep pace with the surge in charges
brought by whistle-blowers, according to lawyers involved in the disputes.
The
issue is drawing renewed interest among lawmakers and nonprofit groups
because
many of the cases involve the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rising
health-care
payouts, and privatization of government functions -- all of which offer
rich
new op****tunities to swindle taxpayers."
Mexico in Uproar Over "Torture" Videos
http://www.truthout.org/article/mexico-in-uproar-over-torture-videos
The Associated Press: "Videos showing Leon police practicing torture
techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the
instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in Mexico, which
has
struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement. One of the videos,
first
obtained by the newspaper El Heraldo de Leon, shows police appearing to
squirt
water up a man's nose -- a technique once notorious among Mexican police.
Then
they dunk his head in a hole said to be full of excrement and rats. The
man
gasps for air and moans repeatedly."
Swedes Outraged Over New Email Spying Law
http://www.truthout.org/article/swedes-outraged-over-new-email-spying-law
The Associated Press: "Swedes may cherish openness and transparency, but
not
enough to accept a new law giving the government the right to snoop on all
e-mails and phone calls crossing the country's borders. Outrage over the
statute has led to 2 million protests - filed by e-mail. The online
petition
drive comes as other European Union countries consider granting
authorities
unprecedented spying powers over their own citizens amid fears of a
mounting
terror threat."
VIDEO | Keith Olbermann: Obama's FISA Op****tunity
http://www.truthout.org/article/obamas-fisa-op****tunity
Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's "Countdown": "The Democratic leader****p in the
Senate, Republican knuckle-dragging in the same chamber, and the mediocre
skills of whoever wrote the final version of the FISA bill, have combined
to
give Senator Barack Obama a second chance to make a first impression. And
he
damned well better take it."
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