must-see: Three Torture Myths

Why doesn’t the US government have more people like FBI Interrogator Jack Cloonan?
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Bonus: How To Make A Terrorist Cry

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what country is this?

After 19 months of imprisonment and torment at the hands of the [make your guess now], the agency released him with no explanation, just as he had been imprisoned in the first place. He faced no terrorism charges. He was given no lawyer. He saw no judge. He was simply released, his life shattered.
If you’re [...]

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things everyone should know about torture

From Veteran Interrogator: You Don’t Need to Torture Even in ‘Ticking Bomb’ Case:
U.S. Air Force Reserve Colonel Steve Kleinman, a longtime military interrogator and intelligence officer… said that even in the ticking bomb case, torture would be the wrong call. “‘I’d say it’d be unnecessary to conduct our affairs outside the boundaries,” Kleinman replied. His [...]

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today’s suggested reading

uuworld.org : what torture has taught me
Lest you fear it’s too depressing, I’ll give you its conclusion:
Consider these two short vignettes from among dozens of encounters in my time at Amnesty. Nick Yarris spent twenty-three years on death row in Pennsylvania for a murder he did not commit—a singular form of torture. Asked how he [...]

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Torture in the free world

Excellent article: How Torture Became Acceptable by James Meek. The opening is especially interesting: It starts with Kim Philby in World War II.

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Something I never thought a US citizen would need to say.

I, William Howard Shetterly, am now and always have been and always hope to be opposed to the use of torture.
Just wanted it on the record, since the man who is likely to be our Attorney General approves of making people believe they’re drowning.

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