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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

An unrefutable case against torture

By Thoreau
I should have blogged this earlier, but over the weekend the WaPo ran a piece by a former military interrogator who oversaw more than 1,000 interrogations in Iraq.  This guy refused to torture anyone, and instead worked by building rapport with the people in custody.  Yeah, yeah, it sounds all soft and squishy and [...]

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Senators notice that the boot stomping on a human face is Blue

By Thoreau
Greenwald notes that Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) have started to “moderate” some of their previously bold and uncompromising stands against torture.
No, I’m not blaming Obama for this, nor am I blaming any of my readers here (although once again I must state with pride that in 2000 I campaigned [...]