<http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88891> Top Senate Democrat: Bankers "Own" The U.S. Congress Sen. Dick Durbin, on a local Chicago radio station this week, blurted out an obvious truth about Congress that, despite being blindingly obvious, is rarely spoken: "And the banks are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place." <http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88892> TED RALL: One Nation, Two Systems Of Justice: Why Bush Must Go To Prison Granting prosecutorial immunity to war criminals like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell confirms many people's suspicion that there are two systems of justice in America: one for the rich and powerful and another for you and me. By Margaret Bassett <http://www.opednews.com/articles/ABC-News-Blotter-Updates-by-Margaret-Bassett-090501-171.html> ABC News' Blotter Updates Its 2007 Torture Story On April 30, 2009, ABC News had more to say about it's September 14, 2007 story concerning waterboarding. Now, they have learned that two former military officers, Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell--working as Mitchell Jensen and Associates--were contracted by the CIA to instruct it in how to set up "legal" waterboarding techniques. By Jason Leopold <http://www.opednews.com/articles/Senate-Panel-s-Report-Link-by-Jason-Leopold-090501-67.html> Senate Panel's Report Links Detainees' Murders To Bush's Torture Policy A combination of "enhanced interrogation" techniques approved by high-level Bush administration officials coupled with a series of brutal beatings administered by military interrogators were directly responsible for the December 2002 deaths of two detainees at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, according to a report released last week by the Senate Armed Services Committee. <http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88864> Contractors Paid $1,000 A Day To Supervise, Design Torture Program Two former military officers, both psychologists, were paid $1,000 a day by the Central Intelligence Agency to supervise the torture and waterboarding of US detainees, according to a report published late Thursday. <http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88865> NYT Public Editor Tap Dances Around 'Brutal Truth' Of Torture Clark Hoyt's New York Times public editor column on Sunday, "Telling the Brutal Truth," brings the ongoing "debate" over whether waterboarding is torture to brave new heights of absurdity. <http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88866> Rice May Have Admitted To Conspiracy, Former Nixon Counsel Says In little-noticed comments Thursday, the former White House counsel for President Richard Nixon John Dean said Thursday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have unwittingly admitted to a criminal conspiracy when questioned about torture by a group of student videographers at Stanford. <http://www.opednews.com/populum/link.php?id=88896> Torturing For America The issue seems straightforward enough. What the CIA did to prisoners on behalf of the administration of former US President George W. Bush and its appalling legal advisers during the so-called "war on terror" was torture. And torture is a serious crime, not just in the United States, but almost everywhere else in the world. The next steps seem obvious enough: indict the guilty and send them to prison, end of story. _____ Copyright © OpEdNews 2009 *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. NOTE: Some links may require cut and paste into your Internet Browser. Please check <http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr> http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr for more real news posts and support the truth! 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