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nytimes.com - 12/18/2008

Editorial: The Torture Report

— nytimes.com — A prosecutor should be appointed to consider criminal charges against top officials at the Pentagon for decisions that led to the abuse, torture and death in prisons run by the American military and intelligence services. > (more) Editorial: The Torture Report

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news.bbc.co.uk - 12/19/2008

BBC NEWS | Health | People 'still willing to torture'

— news.bbc.co.uk — Decades after a notorious experiment, scientists have found test subjects are still willing to inflict pain on others - if told to by an authority figure. US researchers repeated the famous "Milgram test", with volunteers told to deliver electrical ... (more) BBC NEWS | Health | People 'still willing to torture'

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washingtonpost.com - 12/23/2008

5 Myths About Torture and Truth

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) 5 Myths About Torture and Truth

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In Defense Of Torture, Ctd.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Drum wonders: ....even for torture apologists like Gerecht, I wonder how far they're willing to go. He must know that over the past few years we've tortured a steady and sizeable stream of people who were either decidedly small fish or else just completely innocent. How many of those people is he willing to brutalize on the slim chance that once, someday, we'll just happen to have someone in our custody who knows about a terrorist plot scheduled for tomorrow and can be successfully tortured into giving it up in time? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Where ...

On Torture: The Will Of The People
TalkLeft — Responding to Reuel Marc Gerecht's defense of his pro-torture position, Kevin Drum writes: Sadly, I suspect that Gerecht is right: if torture had been put to a vote back in 2001, it would have passed. The language would have been prettied up, of course, but the intention would have been clear enough and the public would have approved. Even today, I'm pretty sure that a majority of Americans are basically OK with torture as long as it's mostly kept out of sight and they can go about their business. Drum begs the question - ...

Of Coups, Purges, Torture and Shoes
Obsidian Wings — ... But whose to say the use of torture should be outlawed in The New Iraq? What if al-Zaydi knew of a ticking shoe bomb that was about to go off somewhere in Iraq?  Therefore, the use of torture is entirely ...