Apr 29, VCS Civil Liberties Victory: Spain to Investigate Bush-Era Torture;...
Spanish judge opens Guantanamo investigation April 29, 2009, Madrid, Spain (AP) — A Spanish judge opened a probe into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay,...
View ArticleMcCain Says Torture Did Not Lead to bin Laden
‘This is a moral debate. It is about who we are,’ says Ariz. Republican, former POW Written by MSNBC May 12, 2011 (MSNBC) – Waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques were not a factor in...
View ArticleVCS Book Review ~ The Tragic Impact of Bush’s Torture Order on Veterans and...
None of Us Were Like This Before: American Soldiers and Torture Written by: Joshua E. S. Phillips March 3, 2011, Washington, DC (Veterans for Common Sense) – After suffering between 50 million and 70...
View ArticleTop Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy in Wake of...
September 14, 2011 (Truthout) – A top US Air Force official, in an attempt to ensure the Air Force adheres to the Constitution as well as its own regulations and policies, issued guidelines that calls...
View ArticleEditorial on Houston VA Cemetery: A Family’s Wishes
VCS Agrees with New York Times: Keep Forced and Unwanted Religious Proselytizing Out of Our VA Cemeteries September 7, 2011 (New York Times Editorial Board) – Four years ago, the Bush administration...
View ArticleCIA Won’t Face Sanction for Destroying Tapes
ACLU – VCS Lawsuit Update October 6, 2011 (Courthouse News) – The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups cannot sanction, or find out who is responsible, for the Central Intelligence Agency...
View ArticleHidden in Plain Sight: Inside a Secret CIA Prison
December 8, 2011 (MSNBC) – In northern Bucharest, in a busy residential neighborhood minutes from the heart of the capital city, is a secret the Romanian government has long tried to protect. For...
View ArticlePreventing Military Misconduct Stress Behaviors
January 27, 2012 (Huffington Post) – January 2012 ushered in a new year, but an old, recurring problem for war veterans. According to a January 2012, CareerCast.com article, “The 10 Most Stressful Jobs...
View ArticleLatest Email Update
Below is the text of the latest email update shared by VCS with our members. As we enter our second decade, we think it is important to reflect and remind people who we are and what we have done....
View ArticleSix months after repeal, military says DADT died quietly
WASHINGTON — Sgt. Pepe Johnson was surprised by the reaction he received when his fellow soldiers learned that he is gay. “They’ve pretty much shrugged it off,” said Johnson, who rejoined the Army last...
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