[haw-info] HAW Notes 12/18/14: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"The CIA's Phony Defense"

By John Prados, History News Network, posted December 14

The author is a senior fellow of the National Security Archives and director of its CIA Documentation Project.

"CIA 'Torture Report': Agency Conduct Was Driven by Pressure to Link Iraq to al-Qaeda Following 9/11"

By Andrew Cockburn, The Independent, posted December 14

"American Torture -- Past, Present, and ... Future?"

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com, posted December 14

The author's book Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States was published this year by Oxford University Press.

"John Brennan Is Still Lying"

By Andrew Sullivan, ReaderSupportedNews.org, posted December 13

"The Abolition of Abolition: How a President Who Pledged to Banish Nuclear Weapons Is Enabling Their Renewal"

By James Carroll, TomDispatch.com, posted December 11

"Torture Report Highlights Consequences of Permanent War"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston Globe, posted Demember 10

The author, retired from teaching history at Boston University, is a fellow of Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs.

"Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate's Torture Report"

By Kara Breandeisky and Sisi Wei, ProPublica, posted December 9

The above list was compiled by Steve Gosch and Jim O'Brien, with thanks to an anonymous reader for suggesting one of the articles. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.