Accountability Now for Bush Doctrine; US History Steeped in Torture; Guantanamo Hostage to Power Games

(Before It's News)

Moving from Assessment to Accountability for “The Bush Doctrine”. “If we really care about national security and being a model for the world of justice,” we have “to move from assessment to an accounting and to accountability.”

US History Is Steeped in Torture. State torture is the norm, a product of the slavery and imperialism on which the United States was built.

Shaker Aamer: Hostage to the Special Relationship. Prisoner Shaker Aamer is not being held at Guantánamo Bay for anything he has done; he is a pawn in the power games of others.

• Hofstra Bush II Legacy Conference
• Obama: No 2015 Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal; Czechs Protest US Military Convoys
• Judge: Make All Torture Photos Public; Shannon Airport Gateway to Torture
• Washington, Los Angeles Anti-War Protests; Vets Reach Out to Drone Operators
• FBI Plan to Expand Hacking Powers; ACLU Seeks Drone Killing Transparency
• WORLDWIDE WAR: ISIS Pre-War Considerations
• Early Onset Clinton Fatigue; National Security Elite Co-opting Democracy
• Rand Paul: AUMF Will Further Endless War; Obama Request Stalls, War Goes On
• Terror Excuse for UK Repression; Swedes Will Hear Assange Appeal; Guantanamo Injustice Persists
• Sync Edu: There Will Be NO Nuclear WW3! All Governments Are Lying To You All! Simple.