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michaelyon-online.com - 3/16/2009
Water Torture
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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, several U.S. military officers -- all combat ...
Torture | World news
guardian.co.uk - 3/9/2009
Torture | World news
— guardian.co.uk — Special Assistant to the President/Media Relations Coordinator to the president/media relations coordinator provides... the communications of the... college including media relations, publications, web site development and... . de. Media Supervisor our ... (more) Torture | World news
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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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Conservatism As Water
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/22/2009
Conservatism As Water
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Via Dreher, Stewart Lundy talks of the nature of things and the lost art of living :... Conservatism is “formless” like water: it takes the shape of its conditions, but always remains the same. This is why Russell Kirk calls conservatism the ... (more) Conservatism As Water
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