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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/17/2009
The Point Of Torture Is Always Torture
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A reader writes: What I find striking is the clinical, dispassionate approach to the administration of torture.  The fantasized, intense, urgent torture interrogations of Jack Bauer seemed so focused on obtaining information in comparison. But these accounts paint an entirely different ...
ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 3/17/2009
Torture
— ricks.foreignpolicy.com — This makes me think more than ever that we need a truth and reconciliation commission -- not... to punish the low-level guys who inflicted torture, but to set the record straight on who thought it was a good idea to make the use of torture U.S. national ... (more) Torture

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michaelyon-online.com - 3/16/2009
Water Torture
— michaelyon-online.com — Next > 16 March 2009 There has been much discussion recently about what constitutes torture. Between research/travel... in preparation for a return to Afghanistan and Iraq, I have been working on a couple of dispatches regarding torture. Meanwhile, ... (more) Water Torture

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mudvillegazette.com - 3/18/2009
Torture is Wrong
— mudvillegazette.com — Tom Ricks says he thinks "more than ever that we need a truth and reconciliation commission --... not to punish the low-level guys who inflicted torture, but to set the record straight on who thought it was a good idea to make the use of torture U.S. national policy." I respond : Reuters:  ... (more) Torture is Wrong
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The good news from 24 — Unqualified Offerings
By Thoreau WARNING: SPOILERS From what few spoilers I've read, it appears that the "Starkwood" corporation on 24 is based on Blackwater. Say what you will about the politics of 24, but having Jack Bauer take down Blackwater is the sort of premise that I can get behind.