torture – Occupied Tucson Citizen

Doublethink USA: Dick Cheney vs John Kiriakou

September 12, 2014April 19, 2013 by Richard Grover

Black and white picture. Posterized Dick Cheney on the left framed by the words above, "ORDER OR PERFORM TOTURE"; below, "LOOK FORWARD NOT BACKWARD". On the right a posterized image of John Kiriakou is framed by the words above, "EXPOSE CIA TORTURE"; below, "LOOK BACKWARD GO TO PRISON"

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN I think John Kiriakou may have gotten the shorter end of the stick.

Zero Dark Thirty

September 13, 2014March 8, 2013 by Robert Guard

photo of Dick Cheney rendered through a filter making the image look aged and crack. Superimposed on his forehead to look like the shape of his brain inside, is a drawing of two figures waterboarding a third figure in an orange jumpsuit

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN One part nerdy, one part torture porn, Zero Dark Thirty is a cold, amoral view of torture interposed with the more mundane and methodical practices of intelligence gathering, analyzing, and debating. Kathryn Bigelow (director) and Mark Boal (producer) are talented film-makers and manage to sustain a vision and an emotional tension from …

Fashion Sense — Zero Dark Thirty Meets Twilight

September 13, 2014March 5, 2013 by Alice Whittenburg

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Ex-CIA Agent, Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced to Prison While Torturers He Exposed Walk Free

September 13, 2014February 11, 2013 by Amy Goodman

Portrait of ex-CIA agent and torture whistleblower John Kiriakou

DEMOCRACY NOW! Former CIA agent John Kiriakou speaks out just days after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, becoming the first CIA official to face jail time for any reason relating to the U.S. torture program. Under a plea deal, Kiriakou admitted to a single count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act …