Katherine Gallagher, Counterpunch | One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz–they are all survivors of the systematic torture program the Bush administration authorized and carried out in locations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantánamo, and numerous prisons and CIA “black sites” around the world. Between them, … Continue reading What’s the Point of Having Laws Against Torture if They Don’t Apply to the Powerful?