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washingtonpost.com - 4/26/2009
Torture by Any Other Name
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Several years ago, I asked a veteran journalist for advice.
washingtonpost.com - 4/25/2009
Michael Scheuer -- Osama, Obama and Torture
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David S. Broder - Stop Scapegoating: Why Obama Should Stick to His Guns on Torture Prosecutions
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U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu
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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Liz Cheney vs. Norah O’Donnell: “The tactics are not torture”

The Republic of T.:  Digest for April 23rd through April 27th

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Liz Cheney vs. Norah O’Donnell: “The tactics are not torture”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... . A good question: “[Enhanded interrogation] was bad advice. But if you criminalize bad advice on the part of lawyers, how are you going to get people to serve, and what sort of precedent does that set for the future?” Actually, here’s a better question: If we all know it’s going to happen anyway in certain circumstances, why not legalize it? Kathleen Parker , unsurprisingly, doesn’t get it: In his book “Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent Age,” Dershowitz proposes that since torture is a given under those certain circumstances, then “torture warrants” should be ...

Digest for April 23rd through April 27th
The Republic of T. — ... More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops - Reagan’s Convention Against Torture - William Fisher: Happy Anniversary, Abu Ghraib! - Iraq Anti-Gay Torture, Murders Continue - Defending the Torture Memos - Op-Ed Columnist: The Banality of Bush White House Evil - Op-Ed Columnist: Time to Come Clean - Torture by Any Other Name - How Torture Worked to Sell the Iraq War - ...

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