Monday, June 21, 2010

Did Bush & Co. Do Medical Research on Detainees?

As time goes by, the record of the Bush administration gets worse and worse. It could turn out that the most egregious offense of the Bush-esque Obama administration will be that its Justice Department let Bush-Cheney & Co. off scot-free.

It’s not enough that the last gang to occupy the Executive Branch got us into two illegal wars, accumulated autocratic powers, violated our civil liberties, and tortured suspects. Now it appears that it kicked things up a notch.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) says it has unearthed “evidence that indicates the Bush administration apparently conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on detainees in CIA custody.”

Read the full op-ed here.

2 comments:

  1. Well said! I love your blog!!

    Steve
    Common Cents
    http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com

    ps. Link Exchange??

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  2. Wow. Just thinking about this spins my head in circles. It will be so interesting to see how this all plays out. And to think about how this type of technology might be used in ways that are not in the public eye or inside the arm of the law.

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