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Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Think Progress —
... “Look, I understand why people can get carried away on this issue.”
Last year, Bush admitted that he was “aware” that his national security team met to discuss KSM’s interrogation, and that he approved of the meeting. His admission today suggests Bush had a far more direct role in developing the specific torture program, which included waterboarding, a freezing cell, and long periods of standing and stress positions (all of which have long been considered torture).
What’s more, a former Pentagon intelligence ...
Bush Admits Ordered Being Mean To Terrorists, Think Progress Has Hissy Fit
Pirate's Cove —
... , a freezing cell, and long periods of standing and stress positions (all of which have long been considered torture). ...
Bush Admits Ordered Being Mean To Terrorists, Think Progress Has Hissy Fit
Stop The ACLU —
... , a freezing cell, and long periods of standing and stress positions (all of which have long been considered torture ). I guess my job is considered “torture,” since we have long periods of standing, sometimes almost the whole shift (for liberals, a whole full time work shift is typically 8 hours or more, as scheduled. If you want to understand “scheduled,” find a dictionary.) This would mean that people who work in many positions in hospitals, department stores, and other businesses are being tortured. Show of hands to the little jihadis: how many of you were actually hurt ...
Powell: I Don’t Know Whether Torture ‘Would Be Considered Criminal’
Think Progress —
... on the issue of torture. However, his refusal to even acknowledge centuries-long definitions of torture is a discouraging indication that he is more concerned with ...
Hannity Calls Waterboarding “Dunking” Yet Hasn't Made Good On His Promise To Undergo It For Charity
News Hounds —
... Japanese soldiers for waterboarding our troops and allies. Furthermore, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, just cited by Hannity as an example of evil, used waterboarding, themselves. Apparently, Hannity thinks we should be more like them. ...
Waterboarding Pelosi
Doug Ross @ Journal —
[image] Waterboarding as a field interrogation technique has been used by American troops since the Spanish-American War. [image] According to National Public Radio , U.S. troops in the Philippines employed it over a period of decades. [image] Contrary to President Obama's assertions , the British used it extensively . [image] The U.S. also used enhanced interrogation in Vietnam. [image] As part of their training, American special forces and naval aviators are waterboarded as a matter of course during SERE (Survival, Evasion, ...
The downside of waterboarding Nancy Pelosi
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
Waterboarding -- as a field interrogation technique -- has been used by American troops since the Spanish-American War. According to National Public Radio, U.S. troops in the Philippines employed it over a period of decades. Contrary to President Obama's assertions, the British used it extensively. The U.S. also used enhanced interrogation in Vietnam. As part of their training, American special forces and naval aviators are waterboarded as a matter of course ...
