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Rage Against Guantanamo - Musicians call for closure

FROM THE NEWS BLOG: This week a group of musicians launched Close Gitmo Now, a... more

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Music Stars Demand Records On Bush Admin's Use Of Music For Torture

A group of prominent musicians are joining a campaign to close Guantanamo Bay and... more

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Lebanese Man Target of First Rendition Under Obama

A Lebanese citizen being held in a detention center for bribery was hooded, stripped... more

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CIA Conducted Mock Executions

This from a bunch of morons who watched old movies and somehow didn't get that the bad... more

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New Movie 'American Violet' Depicts Drug War Racism

Movie description>>"Based on true events during the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town who is barely able to make ends meet.

While police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the women’s county prison, the powerful local district attorney (Academy Award® nominee Michael O’Keefe) leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her housing project with military precision. Dee soon discovers she has been charged as a drug dealer.

Even though Dee has no prior drug record and no drugs were found on her in the raid, she is offered a hellish choice: plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon or remain in prison, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence.

She chooses to fight the district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system, risking everything in a battle that forever changes her life and the Texas justice system. AMERICAN VIOLET also stars Academy Award® nominee Alfre Woodard, Emmy Award® winner Charles S. Dutton, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton and Xzibit.

NOTE: American Violet was initially inspired by an NPR story by Wade Goodwyn.

That was six years ago. Much of the film was informed by thousands of pages of information provided on a range of stories by the ACLU among others. A variety of media reports and legal documents, including sworn testimony, depositions and affidavits, all of which can be found on the public record also helped us find authentic patterns and voices for our storytelling. Finally, taped interviews with community members who had experienced circumstances similar to those outlined in our work proved useful.

However, American Violet is not a documentary. It is a narrative feature film that is, as it says, based on true events. Some scenes and characters have been fictionalized for dramatic effect and have no relationship to the historical record. Names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect this film."Movie description>>"Based on true events during the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET... more

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Quotes from Obama's first 100 days

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Interrogation tactics have ignited backstage battle, Bush vs Obama Administration

WASHINGTON – Release of Bush-era documents that shed more light on the origins of the CIA's use of harsh interrogation tactics has ignited a backstage battle between former Bush officials over a crucial May 2002 meeting that paved the way for use of waterboarding on a suspected al-Qaida leader.

The fracas over who was responsible for authorizing use of the simulated drowning tactic and other harsh techniques on captured suspect Abu Zubayda is raising new questions about that 2002 decision and follow-up moves that allowed the CIA to use the now-banned techniques.

Some former Bush officials argue that they were not properly warned by CIA officials about the potential perils of the severe methods, while others insist there were explicit cautions.

A former senior Bush administration official familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press that during a meeting of Bush senior officials in May 2002, then-CIA director George Tenet, backed by agency lawyers and CIA officers, reassured former NSC director Condoleezza Rice, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and others that waterboarding and other harsh techniques were both safe and necessary.

The former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the issue's continuing sensitivity, said Tenet and other CIA officials did not mention the techniques' potential legal and physical dangers.

Tenet was not available for comment Saturday. Rice and other former Bush administration principals involved in or aware of the May 2002 meeting have not responded to efforts by the AP to obtain comment in recent days.

Rice told the Senate Armed Services Committee last fall that she and other senior Bush officials were told that the harsh interrogation methods would not cause significant psychological or physical harm.

But a former senior intelligence official also aware of the internal 2002 discussions disputed that account. He dismissed the charge that Tenet had presented the harsh methods to the NSC as the only possible option. The intelligence official, who also spoke with anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said the CIA had insisted on having the program legally reviewed to be sure it comported both with U.S. law and policy.

The intelligence official noted that senior policymakers and lawyers were responsible for fully evaluating the potential impacts of the CIA proposal.WASHINGTON – Release of Bush-era documents that shed more light on the origins of... more

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Specter Opposes Commission on Bush Interrogation

The campaign for a "truth commission" to investigate Bush administration interrogation... more

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ups pressure for 'truth' panel on torture

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has stepped up Democrats' calls to form a... more

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Top Bush officials on interrogation, Rice OK'd harsh tactics in '02

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Condoleezza Rice Gave OK to Waterboarding

WASHINGTON -- As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA's request to subject alleged Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known decision by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique.

Rice's role was detailed in a narrative released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. It provides the most detailed timeline yet for how the CIA's harsh interrogation program was conceived and approved at the highest levels in the Bush White House.

The new timeline shows that Rice played a greater role than she admitted last fall in written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The narrative also shows that dissenting legal views about the severe interrogation methods were brushed aside repeatedly.

The Intelligence Committee's timeline comes a day after the Senate Armed Services Committee released an exhaustive report detailing direct links between the CIA's harsh interrogation program and abuses of prisoners at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in Afghanistan and at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Both revelations follow President Barack Obama's release of internal Bush administration legal memos that justified the use of severe methods by the CIA, a move that kicked up a firestorm from opposing sides of the ideological spectrum.

According to the new narrative, which compiles legal advice provided by the Bush administration to the CIA, Rice personally conveyed the administration's approval for waterboarding of Zubaydah, a so-called high-value detainee, to then-CIA Director George Tenet in July 2002.

Last fall, Rice acknowledged to the Senate Armed Services Committee only that she had attended meetings where the CIA interrogation request was discussed and asked for the attorney general to conduct a legal review. She said she did not recall details. Rice omitted her direct role in approving the program in her written statement to the committee.

A spokesman for Rice declined comment when reached Wednesday.

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Red Cross: Gitmo CIA Interogations, Medical Personnel violated ethics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical professionals who monitored CIA interrogations at the... more

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Mumbai terror suspect 'tortured with sex'

With all the backlash against waterboarding, it seems US authorities may have found a... more

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Congress Condemns Rumsfeld

The Bush Administration insists the mistreatment of detainees in the war on terror was... more

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US interrogator in Iraq says torture policy has led to deaths of thousands of American soldiers

Former Special Operations Officer who led an interrogation team two years ago in Iraq... more

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Guantanamo "a stain on US Military"

The tribunals used for putting suspects on trial at Guantanamo Bay are a "stain on... more

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Boy Kills Dad

An eight-year-old boy in the US has been charged with murdering his own father and the... more

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White House Has Interrogation Room

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More Bush Admin Memos Offer Up a Defense for Torturers

The ACLU today (the 24th) released three documents -- in essence, three additional... more

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Interview 2.0 - Employers switching to interrogation tactics

In today’s ultra-competitive business environment, people have the resources available online to present their qualifications and knowledge in the best light. They can learn through experience or research what questions will be asked and how best to answer them. For today’s top executives needing to hire managers and leaders for their organization, it is important to have some questions that cut through the normal responses like a scalpel.

They need to master Interview 2.0 techniques.

It’s okay to get personal

One of the biggest mistakes that employers make is that they do not get personal enough in an interview. There are boundaries depending on the law of the land that define what one can ask — anything that stinks of discrimination has to be avoided. Still, it’s possible to get personal without asking “What church do you attend?”

When starting with personal questions, always precede it with a disclaimer. “The questions I am about to ask you may get personal. If at any time you feel that you do not want to answer, just let us know and we will skip the questions.”

Once the disclaimer is out of the way, find out what you can about the person. What do they like to do when not at work? Do they have a blog? Do they prefer to cook or go out to eat? What did they do last weekend?

These questions may seem frivolous, but it isn’t in these answers that you are judging them. From their responses, you will find something that you can latch onto. It’s the follow-up question that makes the difference.

Say, for example, that they like to play video games when not at work. What is their favorite game? Have them describe the game to you. Ask them how often they play it? Do they play online?

What about cooking? Does someone else cook for them? What is their favorite meal? Favorite restaurant? How do they handle it when their order doesn’t come out properly?

Blogging - do they have one? Many? Do they read blogs? What are some of their favorites? Do they write for any others? Share photos? Are they involved with social media or social network sites? Do they have a Facebook account? LinkedIn? Digg? YouTube?

Now, you’re probably wondering, what’s the point of all of this knowledge? If they’re into solo RPG’s, they’re likely more into strategy and independent. This guy will likely do well with a project that he’s solely responsible for. What if they always eat ready-made meals or have mom do all their cooking? They’ll likely lean on their teammates and be good at some things, but without a supporting team they aren’t going to shine. What does maintaining your own blog say about you? If you have a blog, I want to read it before giving the thumbs up. Bloggers tend to be passionate, team players and want to share, help others and connect.

When you get someone talking about something that is part of their daily lives, you have a better chance of gleaning how they will handle particular situations in their professional lives. Life happens every day. Interviews happen once in a while. Get them out of interview mode and make them talk about something they do normally. The way they react to normal situations is a closer representation of how they will respond in normal work situations.
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Rage Against Guantanamo - Musicians call for closure

Music Stars Demand Records On Bush Admin's Use Of Music For Torture

Lebanese Man Target of First Rendition Under Obama

CIA Conducted Mock Executions

New Movie 'American Violet' Depicts Drug War Racism

Quotes from Obama's first 100 days

Interrogation tactics have ignited backstage battle, Bush vs Obama Administration

Specter Opposes Commission on Bush Interrogation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ups pressure for 'truth' panel on torture

Top Bush officials on interrogation, Rice OK'd harsh tactics in '02

Condoleezza Rice Gave OK to Waterboarding

Red Cross: Gitmo CIA Interogations, Medical Personnel violated ethics

Mumbai terror suspect 'tortured with sex'

Congress Condemns Rumsfeld

US interrogator in Iraq says torture policy has led to deaths of thousands of American soldiers

Guantanamo "a stain on US Military"

Boy Kills Dad

White House Has Interrogation Room

More Bush Admin Memos Offer Up a Defense for Torturers

Interview 2.0 - Employers switching to interrogation tactics

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