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Is Torture Ever Right?

May 25, 2009 B. John 475 Views 1 Comment Dick Cheney, FBI, Geneva conventions, george bush, John Adams, Newt Gingrich, Rule of Law, Soufan, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Paine, torture

I continue to be baffled by the arguments in favor of torture, and the justifications that are made for America’s use of torture. I have heard one justification after another, and each falls with daily revelations of what really happened. Most disturbing though is a recent Pew Survey finding that the more people attend church, the more accepting they are of these torture justifications. That, my friends, causes me crisis of faith. I fear for what is to become of us as a people and a Republic.

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Tortured Logic on Torture

April 26, 2009 B. John 321 Views 0 Comments america, Bush, cheney, Congress, Dick Cheney, mccain, republicans, secret, torture, V.P.

Sen. John McCain was on Face the Nation Sunday morning, and the contortions he went through to let the previous administration off the hook for their illegal torturing was astounding. He tried to claim that it was all just the result of some bad legal advice. Early in the interview McCain makes the claim that he believes no other Administration will ever make the same mistake (of using bad legal advice…I guess), and torture again.

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Lessons That Came At Too Painful A Cost

February 27, 2009 B. John 419 Views 0 Comments Bush, Chenney, rendition, torture, War crimes

The Youtube clip includes a statement from Senator Leahy about his proposal to have a commission look into the possible crimes of the Bush Administration. It continues with a statement by Senator Whitehouse. Whitehouse, as a member of both the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees is in a position to have some idea of what has gone on in regards to our torture and rendition activities. In light of a stern and direct warning that when the details of what Amerikkah did under the Bush Administration comes out, it’s not going to be pretty, I am set back on my heels.

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Only Looking Forward Is Not An Option

February 6, 2009 B. John 298 Views 0 Comments Bush, cheney, Crimes Against Humanity, History, Rumsfeld, Special Prosecutor, torture, War crimes, Yo

No less than former President Richard Nixon’s White House Counsel says that we must consider investigating (and if appropriate) prosecuting members of the Bush 43 Administration for torture and crimes against humanity. If, as Dick Cheney seems to believe, they have done nothing wrong, and he and George acted legally in all respects, then I would think they would welcome a special prosecutor so as to clear their name for history. However, they don’t seem to be interested in confessing what they have done and what orders they have issued.

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The Price Paid for Power

August 21, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 299 Views 0 Comments Cindy McCain, Dick Cheney, Enhanced Interrogation, george bush, John McCain, Mother Teresa, torture, War crimes

John McCain’s military service deserves the thanks and respect of the American people, especially given his time spent as a POW in Vietnam. However, the over-use of this status for political gain becomes laughable after a while. It seems to be used to explain everything. Problem is, according to George Bush and the Military Commisions Act voted for by McCain, the techniques used on McCain while a POW are merely, “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Who wouldda thunk it?

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The Tears Continue for Our Once Great Nation

July 2, 2008 B. John 261 Views 0 Comments Bush, cheney, Chinese, Guantanamo Bay, Interrogations, torture

The New York Times is reporting that military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an interrogation class on a chart showing various “coercive” techniques for use on prisoners. What the trainers did not reveal, and may not have known, was that their chart had been copied an Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain false confessions from American prisoners. Whoohoo, we’re on a roll now.

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CIA Interrogation Tape-False Flag Alert!

December 11, 2007 B. John 309 Views 1 Comment ABC News, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation, False Flag, torture, Waterboarding

I sincerely hope that no one is falling for this “false flag” (I believe it’s called in intelligence parlance) of the CIA Agent suddenly coming forward to condemn waterboarding as torture, but then saying it saved thousand of lives when used to interrogate Abu Zubaydah. It is just too convenient that this “former” agent, John Kiriakou, suddenly gets permission to come forward and openly discuss this operation on the national news circuit. Does anyone still fall for this shit from this Administration? Kiriakou says he thinks there should be a national debate about torture. BULLSHIT. There should be no discussion about torture. What has become of the values of this Republic and we as a people when we have to have a debate about torture?

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Liberal Media Ignoring Al Qaeda Torture Manuals?

June 2, 2007 B. John 190 Views 0 Comments Al Qaeda, Glenn Greenwald, Neoconservative, Saloncom, torture

Last week the U.S. Military reported finding Al Qaeda torture manuals in a “safe house” in Iraq. The pro-torture wingnuts are all atwitter with the news, as they get out there to say, “they do it too.” As if that’s all the license the U.S. needs to condone torture.

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I Need to Watch Boston Legal More Often

May 14, 2007 B. John 269 Views 0 Comments Boston Legal, Due Process, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Habeas corpus, Military Tribunals, torture, war on terror, YouTube

The few time’s I’ve watched Boston Legal, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, but for some reason it’s never made my “must watch” list. After seeing this, I think I have to set the Tivo to record it. What a great statement.

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Waterboard Rumsfeld?

November 10, 2006 B. John 279 Views 0 Comments Abu Ghraib, Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, CIA, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Guantanamo Bay, rendition, SecDef, Secretary of Defense, torture, War crimes, Waterboarding

Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany’s top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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And , Always, Always…Wrong

October 19, 2006August 10, 2015 234 Views 0 Comments george bush, Habeas corpus, Keith Olbermann, Military Commissions Act, torture

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC show, has often offered some very insightful special comments at the end of his broadcast. Yesterday’s was especially poignant, so I wanted to share the transcript with you.

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