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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Psychologists and Torture
Ongoing coverage of psychologists’ involvement with military interrogations. We speak with psychologists on both sides of the debate at the American Psychological Association, and take a close look at how these torture techniques have be implemented.
April 21, 2009: The Story of Mitchell Jessen & Associates: How A Team of Psychologists in Spokane, WA Helped Develop the CIA’s Torture Techniques
April 17, 2009: Obama Releases Bush-Era Memos Authorizing Torture Techniques, Rules Out Prosecuting CIA Interrogators who Carried Them Out
October 10, 2008: APA Approves Measure Banning Psychologists From Interrogations
August 18, 2008: Referendum on Torture: Debate Over Role of Psychologists in Military Interrogations Comes to a Head at APA Annual Convention
June 19, 2008: 'Broken Laws, Broken Lives': Medical Study Confirms Prisoners in US Custody Were Physically & Mentally Tortured
December 10, 2007: Did CIA Destroy Tapes Showing Waterboarding and Involvement of Psychologists in Torture?
November 26, 2007: Leaked Guantanamo Military Operating Manual Reveals Isolation, Sensory Deprivation Was Official Army Policy to Break Prisoners
September 28, 2007: More Health Care Professionals Involved In Design, Structuring of Torture Than in Providing Care For Survivors
August 29, 2007: Blog Post: Psychologists in Denial About Torture
August 29, 2007: 'The APA Has Long Been a Clan'–Psychologist, Author Mary Pipher Returns APA Award over Interrogation Policy
August 28th, 2007: Renowned Psychologist, Author Returns APA Award over Interrogation Policy
August 20, 2007: American Psychological Association Rejects Blanket Ban on Participation in Interrogation of U.S. Detainees
August 20, 2007: Dissident Voices: Ex-Task Force Member Dr. Michael Wessells Speaks Out on Psychologists and Torture
August 20, 2007: Ex-APA Interrogation Task Force Member Exposes Group’s Ties to Military
August 20, 2007: APA Members Hold Fiery Town Hall Meeting on Interrogation, Torture
August 17, 2007: Dissident Members Challenge American Psychological Association on Role in CIA Interrogation, Torture
August 16, 2007: EXCLUSIVE: An Inside Look at How U.S. Interrogators Destroyed the Mind of Jose Padilla
August 08, 2007: The Black Sites: A Rare Look Inside the C.I.A.’s Secret Interrogation Program
June 25, 2007: The CIA’s Torture Teachers: Psychologists Helped the CIA Exploit a Secret Military Program to Develop Brutal Interrogation Tactics
June 01, 2007: Blog Post: Hypocritical Oath: Psychologists and Torture
June 30, 2006: Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror
June 16: 2006: Calls Grow Within American Psychological Association for Ban on Participation in Military Interrogations: A Debate
June 12, 2006: Dr. Robert Jay Lifton: American Psychological Association Should “Prohibit Any Involvement” of Psychologists in Interrogations
August 11th, 2005: Psychological Warfare? A Debate on the Role of Mental Health Professionals in Military Interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and Beyond
