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Army’s “Spiritual Fitness” Test Comes Under Fire
(Image: US Army) An experimental, Army mental-health, fitness initiative designed by the same psychologist whose work heavily influenced the psychological aspects of the Bush administration’s torture program …
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Ex-Guantanamo Official Was Told Not to Discuss Policy Surrounding Antimalarial Drug Used on Detainees
Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: electron, diarmuidorg Military officials were instructed not to publicly discuss a decision made in January 2002 to presumptively treat all Guantanamo …
Pentagon Health Plan Won’t Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops
Versions of this story were co-published with NPR [1] and Stars and Stripes [2]. For more coverage, listen to NPR's All Things Considered [3] starting today at 4 p.m.
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding“
The Defense Department forced all “war on terror” detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison to take a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug.
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BP’s Probation Officer Petitions Federal Judge to Revoke Company’s Probation Over Alaska Oil Spill
Days before BP Exploration Alaska's (BPXA) probation was due to end, a federal probation officer petitioned a US District Court judge to revoke the company's probation over a 46,000 …
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Wolfowitz Directive Gave Legal Cover to Detainee Experimentation Program
(Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Editor's Note: When President George W. Bush authorized waterboarding and other forms of torture on “war on terror” detainees, the …
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Refuses to Revoke BP’s Probation Over Safety Violations at Texas City Refinery
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has refused to pursue a probation revocation case against BP after the company was found to have violated a federal judge's March 2009 felony …
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Alyeska, Federal Regulators Probing Employee’s “Cover-Up” Claims Related to May Oil Spill
An Alyeska Pipeline Service Company employee who has an engineering background filed complaints with federal regulators and BP’s Office of the Ombudsman claiming internal company documents were altered following …
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EXCLUSIVE: BP Executive Turned Alyeska Pipeline Into “Deeply Distressed” Company, Confidential Report Says
Alyeska Pipeline, the BP-led consortium that operates the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), has implemented deep budget cuts, deferred work on a number of important maintenance and upgrade …
Suing Arizona Is Just the Beginning, Immigrant Rights Groups Say
Under Arizona's SB 1070 law, police officers are allowed to question anyone suspected of being undocumented.