Study shows torture ineffective
The Aurora Sentinel Tuesday, Sept 22nd, 2009 Despite the past administration’s attempts, it appears Americans don’t even have the edge when it comes to torture. A report released Monday by an Irish neuroscience researcher pointed out that methods used by CIA officials to torture terrorist suspects in hopes of gleaning useful information were as problematic as domestic critics said they were
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Cheney Says He Was Proponent for Military Action Against Iran
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House probe of covert CIA program could target Cheney
John Byrne Raw Story Monday, July 20, 2009 Vice President Dick Cheney isn’t out of the reeds just yet. In a little noticed statement Friday, the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence and Investigations announced they will begin a full investigation into charges that the CIA misled congress about a covert spy operation that had been going on for nearly 8 years before it was canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta last month. “The House Intelligence Committee will move forward with a full investigation that will explore certain CIA programs and the core issue of how the committee is kept informed,” Rep.
Why Isn’t Cheney in Jail?
George Washington Blog Sunday, July 12, 2009 As I wrote yesterday about the CIA program that Panetta recently disclosed to Congress: As a former CIA agent says , the real question is who ordered the CIA to withhold the information from Congress . .
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David Edwards and Muriel Kane Raw Story Wednesday, June 17, 2009 CIA director Leon Panetta stirred up controversy last week when he was quoted in an interview as saying that former Vice President Dick Cheney, in his criticism of the Obama administration, almost seems to be “wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough saw Panetta’s remark as a good topic for debate when his fellow MSNBC host Ed Schultz appeared on Tuesday’s Morning Joe. “Let’s pick a topic that’ll get us really angry,” Scarborough proposed to Schultz.
Ritalin ADHD Drug Linked to 500 Percent Increased Risk of Sudden Death in Children
Mike Adams NaturalNews Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Just how dangerous are the amphetamine stimulant drugs prescribed for children with so-called ADHD? According to scientific research funded by the FDA and the National Institute of Mental Health, drugs such as Ritalin increase the risk of sudden death by five hundred percent among children and teens. In these cases of sudden death, the child suddenly collapses and dies, only to be discovered later by parents or siblings.
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