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Pontius Pilate x 3: 2006

This is what Pontius Pilate looked like when he condemned Christ to death. He just washed his hands and let the President do his dirty work. The President, a man without principle and without a human conscience now has a free hand to define what is torture and what is not. From the past three 5 years, we know what his definition of torture is. He does not torture people, so what has happened is not torture by his definition. He will now define what the Geneva Accord says. He will have unlimited and unaccountable permission to torture. These men should hang their heads in shame.

Senators John McCain, left; John W. Warner Jr.; and Lindsey Graham leaving a news conference Thursday after washing their hands of the torture issue, removing Presidential and Executive Branch accountability and promising to look the other way.

The American Gulag: Outsourcing Torture

Washington has found another way to torture while keeping it's hands clean: Outsourcing.

Warning: this video is not for children...

CACI torturers for hire.

The American Gulag: The Torture Will Continue

And the President Of the United States, George W. Bush is the man responsible.

The Abuse Can Continue: Senators won't authorize torture, but they won't prevent it, either.

Torture in Iraq: What hath Bush wrought?

Reports from Iraq indicate that torture "is totally out of hand," he said. "The situation is so bad many people say it is worse than it has been in the times of Saddam Hussein."

U.N. expert: Iraq torture may be worse

The American Gulag: Canadian Fallout

"A government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report that faulted Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured."

Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case

The American Gulag: British Attorney General says Guantanamo Must Close

"I am not embarrassed to repeat here my views on Guantanamo Bay which are well known; that it is unacceptable and that it is time that it should be closed; that it has become a symbol of injustice, a recruiting agent for terrorists.

"It is a symbol which the long American tradition of justice and liberty deserves to see removed at the earliest moment."

Law chief urges Guantanamo closure

The American Gulag: A Country that holds itself Above the Law

Are President Bush and his administration above the law. Can they be held accountable for their actions?

U.S. war prisons legal vacuum for 14,000

The American Gulag: Another Detainee Speaks and the President Lies... Again

Watch this video. In it Matt Lauer from The Today Show interviews Bush about the secret prisons. In it you will see the President over and over insist that "we do not torture people". The read this, from a "detainee" who was recently released from Guantanamo. After reading this you have a choice: is the President lying? Or is the former detainee lying. His story is very detailed and dovetails with the stories of other "detainees". You decide.

A Detainee's Story

The American Gulag: Details revealing the White House's direct involvement in directing torture

"F.B.I. agents on the scene angrily protested the more aggressive approach, arguing that persuasion rather than coercion had succeeded. But leaders of the C.I.A. interrogation team were convinced that tougher tactics were warranted and said that the methods had been authorized by senior lawyers at the White House."

At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics

The American Gulag: President admits the existence of the CIA torture prisons

But tells Americans that they are safe because of them. This is a part of the Republican plan to focus on National Security issues in order to keep from losing congress in the November elections. Is this the boy who hollered "Wolf"? Does anyone believe him anymore?

Bush acknowledges secret CIA prisons