Holding Them To Account ; Cheney Is Offended By Torture Investigation, Shocking

The depths of the previous administration's opinions on the government's own checks and balances is crystalised perfectly by Dick 'I Still Won't Go Away' Cheney's comments on Fox News this weekend.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; If that's the respect Cheney has for government and the way it functions when he's not part of it, then let that investigation roll on and fulfil all of it's obligations to the letter.

Holding Them To Account ; Fill In The Torture Blanks

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; What methods were used and who could ever think they would be humane?

Holding Them To Account ; Torture Prosecution Technical Notes

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; Hold the people who did it and authorised it to account. Perhaps this will be one of those rare occasions where that actually happens.

Holding Them To Account ; Prosecuting Terror - Special Prosecutor Confirmed

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; New Administration 1, Old Administration 0.

Holding Them To Account ; Panetta Shut Down Assassin Team Plan

The day that CIA Director Leon Panetta found out about the agency plan to put assassination teams targeting terrorists into use, he stopped it, the same day.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; This 2000-2008 hangover will end, but right now, it seems the chance of feeling better lies a long way in the future.

Obama Blocks Release Of Detainee Abuse Photos, Because They're So Bad?

In an apparent u-turn, President Obama is blocking the release of photos relating to the abuse of detainees in US custody.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; The reason? Releasing the photos would 'endanger' US troops that are in service. Does that pretty much tell us that the photos are so bad that they would create an angry backlash? Probably.

The Change We Need ; Obama Open To Torture Investigation

At the same time as we were posting Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on the subject, a change has been signaled.

President Obama has now said he is open to a bipartisan investigation into Bush era torture uses.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; This is different to the status quo, this is why people voted for him... result.