Progress report: Update on the Center for Torture Accountability archives
Oct 16, 2009
In its first ten months, the Center for Torture Accountability has adentified some 35 Bush-era officials and contractors for inclusion in CTA archives. Nineteen of these individuals--more than half--have been researched and written up thus far. They are as follows:
Name Torture role
David Addington Cheney's lawyer
Diane Beaver "We'll need documentation...."
Cofer Black "The gloves come off."
George W. Bush The enabler
Jay Bybee Signed off on it
Richard Cheney The man behind the curtain
Douglas Feith "I was a player"
Timothy Flanigan Lawyer for the Decider
Alberto Gonzales The rubber stamp
William Haynes The other enabler
Geoffrey Miller Brought Guantanamo to Iraq
James Mitchell Designed and implemented torture methods
James Pavitt Pushed the CIA to torture
Patrick Philbin Pushed the constitutional envelope to justify war without rules
John Rizzo Lawyer for the CIA's torturers
Donald Rumsfeld Set the tone at the Pentagon
George Tenet Lord of the Black Sites
Mary Walker Sidelined review of detainee treatment
John Yoo Legal mind of the testicle-crushers
In the next phase of the archives project, another 16 individuals will be included:
Porter Goss
Michael Chertoff
Jonathan Fredman
Michael Dunlavey
Daniel Dell'Orto
Lewis Libby
Condoleezza Rice
Stephen Cambone
John Ashcroft
Scott Muller
David Becker
Robert Delahunt
Steven Bradbury
Alice Fisher
Bruce Jessen
"spiky-haired woman" (CIA associate)
The American Civil Liberties Union project on torture accountability also reviews many of these same characters and incorporates the text of significant torture documents into its website.
For additional biographical detail and timelines, see History Commons.
Update: The Center for Torture Accountability has now launched the Bradley Manning Torture Project.