"Alternative procedures." "Valuable tools in the war on terror." "Specialized interrogation procedures." "Safe and lawful techniques." "Good policies." George W. Bush has more euphemisms for torture than his creepy Veep, Cheney, has expletives on supply. On Saturday, in his weekly radio address , President Bush announced his veto of the Congressional Intelligence bill, which included a ban on CIA use of certain "enhanced" interrogation methods, like waterboarding. Bush defended the use of the so-called "alternative procedures" practiced by the CIA, as necessary for field intelligence officers interrogating "hardened terrorists." The play upon the fear of Americans of terrorist attack in the aftermath of the horrific 9/11 events turns upon well-understood traumatic mechanisms in the human psyche. But I want to concentrate on one telling aspect of Bush’s torture apologia. Regarding the attempt by Congress to limit the intelligence agencies to interrogation practices based up...
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Free-market economists cry foul at huge bailouts and public assistance for ailing companies like GM, Ford, and Chrysler. And yet the very much Republican Bush Administration strongly supports assistance, depicting the Democrats’ lack of movement to help the Big Three as "mindless opposition." Adding...... more
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Jacob Hornberger writes about the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri , who has been locked up in South Carolina, in the same facility in which Jose Padilla (the American) was incarcerated and tortured.
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Today, the House will attempt to override Bush’s veto of the "enhanced" torture ban. The numbers are not encouraging. On December 13, the House voted on 222-199 in favor of the provision, but to override a veto a two-thirds majority is needed. The vote instead will provide a platform for those on the right side of history-- those against sexual humiliation, electric shocks, and waterboarding-- to lambast Bush’s legacy of torture. McCain too will be singled out for his cowardl... more
Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Sometimes it seems as if it is raining news and analysis. A number of good articles have appeared lately on the subject of U.S. torture. David Goodman’s "The Enablers" over at Mother Jones is one of a number of articles in a special MJ series on torture. Goodman’s article focuses on the fight within the American Psychological Association (APA&... more
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