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When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the fall of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. The White House had painstakingly ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A newly-resigned U.S. circuit judge in Chattanooga, Tenn., is battling to suppress an audiotape purportedly containing sounds of torture. At a hearing Wednesday, ...

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A video just posted online by Rolling Stone shows a hogtied prisoner being whipped by Afghan security forces, as what appears to be two unidentified American military officers look on. According to ...

At least four top White House lawyers knew about the existence of videotapes documenting the torture of prisoners held by the US Central Intelligence Agency, according to a report published Wednesday.

A disgraced former Chicago police officer was caught on tape planning to kidnap a wealthy target and torture him until he handed over some real estate, federal investigators say. Steven Mandell and ...