Accorfing to the Washington Post:
On Jan. 21, 1968, The Washington Post published a front-page photograph of a U.S. soldier supervising the questioning of a captured North Vietnamese soldier who is being held down as water was poured on his face while his nose and mouth were covered by a cloth. The picture, taken four days [...]
In 1979, Ray Bradbury added a short essay to the end of Fahrenheit 451 dealing with people who would try to censor his book on censorship. I’ve reprinted it after the fold.
read this
The letter sent by Hastert to the DOJ yesterday does not ask for an investigation into the issue at the heart of this scandal — namely, whether GOP House leaders failed to take action against Foley despite having ample reason to suspect strongly, if not fully know about, Foley’s predatory behavior with underage pages. [...]
From ” This Is What Waterboarding Looks Like ”
I think it’s easy to think of as “it’s just water”.
But it’s important to look at this thing in context.
You’re dragged into a room, bound on hands and feet. Everyone is speaking a language you don’t understand and looking at you with hate in your eyes. You [...]
Is it just me, or does she seem very presidential making that speech? Whatever you think of her, she is absolutely right.
Pres. Bush in 2003 pledges the United States’s commitment to the worldwide elimination of torture:
Today, on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United States declares its strong solidarity with torture victims across the world. Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere. We are committed to building a [...]
You may actually want to run out and buy a printed copy of today’s Post: There are two full spreads dedicated to mocking the suicide attempt of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens. Apart from a column suggesting that the Giants need to take full advantage of the troubled star’s effort to end his own [...]
Every American should read this statement from Sen. Leahy on Sen. Specter’s amendment to the torture bill. The Specter-Leahy-Dodd Amendment To Strike Section 7 Of The Military Commission Bill would have struck the provision regarding habeas review from the DTA.
If we vote today to abolish rights of access to the justice system to [...]
I just had this insightful blog post recommended to me by reddit. In part it goes:
Although George Bush’s approval ratings are at historic lows, there are still tens of millions who support him, and therefore tens of millions of us who support the now-legalized torture of human beings who have never even been charged [...]
