Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Administration Grows Frustrated As Conversation Shifts From Bin Laden To Waterboarding


Torturing witnesses is an old Roman convention - they couldn't accept testimony from slaves unless it was gained as a result of torture.



If someone tells you that torture is a great technique, tell them you know better; you know that the tortured understand completely that their wealthy owners want testimony that gets them the result they want. The slave knows exactly what to say to stop the torture. We keep falling for this masquerade­...
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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