Tag: Interrogation
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The Disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. The facility, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side known as Homan Square, has long been the scene of secretive work…
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The Media Is Focusing On the WRONG Senate Torture Report
The Big Story Torture Everyone Is Missing Senate Torture Report While the torture report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee is very important, it doesn’t address the big scoop regarding torture. Instead, it is the Senate Armed Services Committee’s report that dropped the big bombshell regarding the U.S. torture program. Senator Levin, commenting on a Armed…
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Gun Owners: Invasions of Privacy & How to Properly Answer Questions
A common Rule of Thumb….when ever a bureaucrat asks you a question, a safe “answer” is to ask them a question in return. Be polite, but be firm. They often want to extract information out of you without you being the wiser. There is no transparency in the manner of their interaction with you. A good…
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Protect Yourself from FBI Manipulation (w/attorney Harvey Silverglate)
Learn how the FBI can manipulate what you say and use it against you, and how to prevent them from doing so! With civil liberties and civil rights attorney Harvey Silverglate. Remember: if the FBI asks to speak with you, you do not have to talk to them, no matter what they say. The best…
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Supreme Court Makes It Even More Impossible for Torture Victims to Win Lawsuits
The US Supreme Court unanimously decided that foreign political organizations and multinational corporations cannot be sued for the torture or extrajudicial killing of persons abroad under an anti-torture law passed in 1992. The law only gives people the right to sue “an individual,” “who acted under the authority of a foreign nation,” according to the Los Angeles Times.…