Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Human Rights Law Blogs -> Marjorie Cohn

Human Rights Law

: Marjorie Cohn

The Torture Tape Cover-up: How High Does It Go?

By Marjorie Cohn

When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the spring of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. The White House had painstakingly worked to capitalize on the 9/11 attacks by creating a "war on terror." Never mind the absurdity of declaring war on a tactic. Central to Bush's new "war" was the portrayal of us as the good guys and al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Saddam Hussein as the bad guys. But the Abu Ghraib photos of naked I read more

Full post as published by Marjorie Cohn on December 26, 2007 (boomark / email).