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jack bauer was here

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:20:49 +0000

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Survey: Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful - CNN.com

Mon, 04 May 2009 16:12:49 +0000

"The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey."

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waterboarding.org | “Torture is abhorrent, both to American law and values, and to international norms.” —US DOJ 1/27/05

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:12:00 +0000

"Using unclassified sources, news reports, and historical records we are attempting to put together as clear a picture as possible of this technique, its history, its legality, and the scope of its use."

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A troubling turn in American history - The Boston Globe

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:10:21 +0000

"These developments would be disturbing enough, but what they point to is an interruption in this nation's most important public tradition - the movement from recognition of a problem to its attempted resolution."

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The Daily Dish: "Verschärfte Vernehmung"

Thu, 31 May 2007 16:34:28 +0000

"As you can see from the Gestapo memo, moreover, the Nazis were adamant that their "enhanced interrogation techniques" would be carefully restricted and controlled, monitored by an elite professional staff, of the kind recommended by Charles Krauthammer,

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A Question Bush Can't Answer - washingtonpost.com

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:48:12 +0000

"But if the public doesn't know what torture is or is not, as defined by the Bush Administration, how can the public make a decision on whether your policy is right or wrong?"

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Crooks and Liars - Matt Lauer goes after Bush over secret prisons and torture

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:14:51 +0000

"Matt Lauer went after Bush over his secret prisons and the use of torture on the captured terrorists via The Today Show this morning. He was uncommonly strong and didn’t back down when Bush gave his pet answer."

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American cops taped torturing drug suspect - LISTEN! : Indymedia Radio

Sat, 27 May 2006 16:21:00 +0000

"When Lester exercised his constitutional right not to sign a consent to search his house, these officers spent the next two hours torturing him."

Tags: #law #police #torture #warondrugs

THE DARK HEART OF DICK CHENEY - Yahoo! News

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:50:26 +0000

"This week, unprecedented in history, an elected vice president of the United States of America proposed that Congress legally authorize the torture of foreigners by Americans."

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Cheney Plan Exempts CIA From Bill Barring Abuse of Detainees

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:23:38 +0000

"This is the first time they've said explicitly that the intelligence community should be allowed to treat prisoners inhumanely"

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Film rolls as troops burn dead - World - smh.com.au

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:47:44 +0000

"The incident is reminiscent of the psychological techniques used in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison."

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US acknowledges torture at Guantanamo; in Iraq, Afghanistan - UN - Forbes.com

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:09:28 +0000

"Washington has, for the first time, acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said. "

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White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:23:02 +0000

'Government lawyers have insisted, literally, on "no amount of money" going to the Gulf War POWs.'

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Newsday.com: Moral values apply to torture, too

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:08:31 +0000

"Why is a nation consumed with moral values so blind to state-sanctioned immorality?"

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