Black Sites and the Torture Memos

Associated Links: Support unbanked/underbanked regions of the world by joining the "at home in my head" Kiva team at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kiva.org/team/at_home_in_my_head⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Blog Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://harrisees.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoS6H2R1Or4MtabrkofdOMw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://universeodon.com/@athomeinmyhead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Paypal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://paypal.me/athomeinmyhead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Citations for this Episode: On trying to close Guantanamo https://time.com/3672066/guantanamo-bay-history/ Letter to America - US Archive version https://archive.org/details/bin-laden-letter-to-america-2002/page/10/mode/2up Richard Medhurst's arrest https://www.commondreams.org/news/richard-medhurst Norman Finkelstein's story about his parents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eEz22kyukY&t=5191s Israel's Administrative Detention https://youtu.be/XF8wgoXZT1E?si=3gy6gjnHAFd9hn7j ABC Special Report on Israel's administrative detention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shq6crTdbLE Healthcare Workers/Doctors testify to their time in Administrative Detention https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medical-workers-israeli-torture-gaza-health-care-system_n_66d0e899e4b08063c0bfcee6 Black Site Wikipedia articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_detaineehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site Articles related to one of the most notorious murders in Abu Ghraib https://abcnews.go.com/2020/News/story?id=429459&page=1https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/11/14/a-deadly-interrogationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Manadel_al-Jamadihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse The Torture Memos https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/safefree/yoo_army_torture_memo.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AYoo_memo.pdf&page=1https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/ref/international/24MEMO-GUIDE.html?_r=1 International Law and the West Bank/Palestine https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/19/middleeast/israel-west-bank-jerusalem-occupation-icj-opinion-intl/index.html Torture Doesn't Work https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830471-200-torture-doesnt-work-says-science-why-are-we-still-doing-it/ January 6th motivations https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36040222/robert-pape-cpost-report-january-6-insurrection/ Helpful Resources: Ranked Choice Voting (may give us some hope?) https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/https://campaignlegal.org/democracyu/accountability/ranked-choice-votinghttps://rankthevote.us/https://www.rankedvote.co/guides/understanding-ranked-choice-voting/pros-and-cons-of-rcv Music Credits: “Wishful Thinking” – Dan ⁠⁠Lebowitz:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOg3zLw7St5V4N7O8HSoQRA⁠⁠