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• Prosecutor: Pregnant wife’s death included torture

  April 17, 2013 in Idaho SANDPOINT — Authorities in North Idaho have filed modified criminal charges against a man accused of stabbing his pregnant wife to death to include torture.

• Fairchild’s torture ties extend their reach

  November 18, 2012 in City on Page A1 Ten years ago this month, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was considering the approval of aggressive interrogation techniques for “high-value detainees” being held at Guantanamo Bay. The techniques had roots in … 52

• Amy Goodman: Torture tests neighborliness

  June 18, 2010 in City on Page A17 Federal authorities are investigating whether officials of the government south of the border participated in a citizen’s kidnapping and torture – Canadian authorities, that is, investigating the possible role of …

• Three accused of torturing man

  April 10, 2010 in City on Page B2 Two teenagers and a Spokane man are accused of kidnapping and torturing a suspected burglar. Police believe Chaz P. Crow, 20; Jesse T.R. Bushnell, 19; and Jesse R. James, 17, …

• Three accused of kidnapping, torture

  April 9, 2010 in City Two teenagers and a Spokane man are accused of kidnapping and torturing a suspected burglar. Police believe Chaz P. Crow, 20; Jesse T.R. Bushnell, 19; and Jesse R. James, 17, … 3

• Outisde Voices: Obama will find middle ground on torture nearly impossible

  April 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 21: If it weren’t so disturbing, it would be funny. CIA interrogators had been handed Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi national believed to be a top strategist …

• Kathleen Parker: If torture on table, we’ve lost

  April 26, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 Several years ago, I asked a veteran journalist for advice. “I’m trying to figure out if I have an ethical conflict,” I began. 2

• David S. Broder: Forgo vengeance over past policy

  April 26, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 If ever there is a time for President Obama to trust his instincts and stick to his guns, that time is now, when he is being pressured to change his …

• Narrative shows Rice verbally approved CIA waterboarding

  April 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA’s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July …

• Red Cross says CIA tortured captives

  March 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration’s treatment of al-Qaida captives “constituted torture,” a finding that strongly implied that …

• Prisoner alleges torture by U.S.

  February 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 LONDON – A former British resident released after seven years in detention, more than four of them at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, arrived back in London Monday and issued …

• Panetta: Water boarding is torture

  February 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Leon E. Panetta, President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA, testified Thursday that he believed the harsh interrogation technique known as water-boarding to be torture and vowed …

• ‘20th hijacker’ tortured by military, official says

  January 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who …

• Senators: Spokane psychologist key in expansion of torture

    December 11, 2008 in City, News Dr. Bruce Jessen, a senior military psychologist with offices in Spokane, had a key role in expanding the controversial use of torture against enemy combatants, according to a report released … 1