Could Cheney be convicted for torture?There’s a case to be made for prosecuting Dick Cheney and co. for torture-related offenses, but the real question is whether he’d ever get a conviction.
Dick Cheney
Justice looms for the torture team
The chance of an American president allowing the domestic prosecution of his predecessors for war crimes is essentially zero. American politics just doesn’t work that way.
Cheney hints waterboarding prevented terrorist attack
Dick Cheney has intimated that waterboarding prevented a terrorist attack on LA. Should he be prosecuted?
In the wake of war crimes
The blogosphere reacts to President’s Obama release of the Bush torture memos.
Farewell to Dubya, worst president ever
Our laughter at the idiot who was cunning enough to steal the US presidency died in our throats as he set about inflicting profound damage on the rest of the world, writes Bernard Keane.
A Mexican plane crash, the CIA, and 3.3 tons of cocaine
What’s the link between a plane crash landing in Mexico, the CIA and 3.3 tons of cocaine?, asks Jeff Sparrow.
President Chickenhawk
George W. Bush has told troops that he’s envious of the “fantastic experience” they’re having in Afghanistan, but did the war in Vietnam offer him precisely that opportunity? Jeff Sparrow writes.
Waterboarding is torture: former CIA interrogator
John Kiriakou, the CIA officer involved in the interrogation of a high level detainee at the centre of the latest War on Terror scandal, now says that the man was tortured, writes Jeff Sparrow.
The many anecdotes of Richard Woolcott
Richard Woolcott is Australia’s most respected diplomat with connections world-wide second to none - but Howard and Downer won’t have a bar of him at APEC, where he is known personally to most of the participants.
The Vietnam Iraq comparison: Wading into the heart of it
Dubya’s Vietnam/Iraq comparison was obviously intended as a way of avoiding discussion of an exit strategy. Defend your weak spots by attacking as audaciously, as ridiculously as possible, writes Guy Rundle.
State of the planet
Papers detail industry’s role in Cheney’s energy report … Asian-Pacific countries discuss responses to climate change at UN-backed meeting … Huge underground lake could end Darfur conflict - US scientist … NSW Govt accused of breaking greenhouse promise … Vandals attack man’s Hummer, leave note …
