Tag Archive: CIA

Law and Disorder Radio – 70th Anniversary of the End of World War II – Wolfgang Kaleck on the Bush Torture Team Travel Restrictions – Hosts: Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith & Michael Ratner – Produced by Geoff Brady

Author: May 18, 2015

Michael Ratner: This Year Marks Three Years of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy Michael Ratner: Assange is in Embassy Pending Extradition to Sweden Regarding Allegations. No Charges. It’s Essentially Indefinite Detention. Michael Ratner: Wikileaks Posts the BND Transcripts (Germany…
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Civil Liberties, International War Crimes, Internet Freedom

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Bringing the U.S. Torture Team Justice – TRNN Transcript

Author: April 12, 2015

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay, and welcome to this edition of the Ratner Report with Michael Ratner, who now joins us from New York City. Michael is the President Emeritus of…
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International War Crimes

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A Book That Was Missing – Remarks on the Cuban Publication of Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder ( ¿Quién mató al Che? Cómo la CIA logró salir impune del asesinato ) – by Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada – Book Review – PDF

Author: February 13, 2015

2015 A Book That Was Missing Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith, in addition to being eminent lawyers, are active participants in the most important battles of the North American people for justice and freedom. Their book, dedicated to Leonard…
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Law and Disorder Radio – US Cuba Foreign Policy Changes Strategy: Normalizing Relations – Lauren Regan on Electronic Communications Surveillance – John Prados on the CIA Torture Report – Hosts: Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith & Michael Ratner – Produced by Geoff Brady

Author: January 19, 2015

  U.S. Cuban Foreign Policy Changes Strategy: Normalizing Relations Last year, in a sudden reversal of policy, the United States released the remaining three of the Cuban Five who were arrested in the United States while investigating Cuban exile groups…
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Civil Liberties, International War Crimes, Internet Freedom

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Law and Disorder Radio – Heidi Boghosian Speech at Dissent Under Surveillance Panel – Al McCoy on the Senate Report on CIA Torture – Hosts: Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith & Michael Ratner – Produced by Geoff Brady

Author: January 5, 2015

Hosts Look Back at Several Legal Cases of 2014 Professor Steven Salaita Case Update Palestinians Join International Criminal Court After UN Rejection Michael Ratner: There is an Immediate Jurisdiction in the ICC on the Occupied Territories Michael Ratner: Guantanamo Statistics…
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes, Internet Freedom, Palestine

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Law and Disorder Radio – New Cuba-US Pact and Remaining Cuban Five Prisoners Released – Scott Horton on the Torture Report – Hosts: Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith & Michael Ratner – Produced by Geoff Brady

Author: December 22, 2014

New Cuba-US Pact and Remaining Cuban Five Prisoners Released Attorney Michael Ratner: We’ve been covering this case for years on here. They were wrongfully convicted. They had been sent into Miami to stop Miami-Cuban terrorism against Cuba. The U.S. in…
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International War Crimes, Internet Freedom

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Should Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld & CIA Officials Be Tried for Torture? War Crimes Case Filed in Germany – Democracy Now Video

Author: December 19, 2014

A human rights group in Berlin, Germany, has filed a criminal complaint against the architects of the George W. Bush administration’s torture program. The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights has accused former Bush administration officials, including CIA Director…
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes

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Law and Disorder Radio – Senate Intelligence Committee’s Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation – Eric Garner’s Public Defender Says Cops and Prosecutors “Are a Team in Every Case” – Voices from the Foley Square Demonstration Protesting Eric Garner’s Death – Hosts: Heidi Boghosian, Michael Steven Smith & Michael Ratner – Produced by Geoff Brady

Author: December 15, 2014

  The Senate Intelligence Committee’s Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Attorney Michael Ratner: The Senate Committee on Intelligence started the investigation in 2007 after 92 tapes of waterboarding were destroyed by the CIA. That’s where the investigation began. In…
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention

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The Torturers: Donald Rumsfeld, President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney – TRNN Transcript

Author: December 9, 2014

The heavily redacted report on torture does not include Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. PERIES: So, Michael, it is a grim torture report. Give us the highlights. RATNER: You know, it’s certainly grim. I guess highlights is one word. I guess…
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes

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The Torturers: Donald Rumsfeld, President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney – TRNN Video Link

Author: December 9, 2014

The heavily redacted report on torture does not include Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes

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