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  • 29 Jun 08

  Avoiding the Torture Taint: Advice from Military Lawyers

  Even as they worked out details of how interrogation techniques widely regarded as torture would be used on detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Pentagon officials sought to keep the blood off Defense Department hands

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  • 22 Jun 08

  ‘If the Detainee Dies, You’re Doing it Wrong

  When former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of harsh techniques, he did so over the objections of senior military attorneys from all branches of the armed services

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  • 15 Jun 08

  The Friendship Offensive

  Peace activists on Capitol Hill hope to stave off war with Iran through cross-cultural contact between ordinary citizens

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  • 08 Jun 08

  A General’s False Testimony

  Will the Pentagon correct Major Gen. Jerome Johnson's tainted testimony on the contaminated water KBR provided to the troops?

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  • 31 May 08

  Byron Dorgan’s Contracting Fraud Crusade

  The North Dakota senator has made investigating contractor corruption his mission, but will he succeed in creating a congressional committee devoted to it?

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  • 29 Apr 08

  Heat-Seeking Missives

  A Senate Committee looks to rein in one of the FBI's favorite tools: the national security letter

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