So now there is more to report, because people are talking who were formerly gagged.
You think it's payback. I will never dissuade you of this. It's news reporting. If the reporters take pleasure in feeling vindicated after all the song-and-dance from the Attorney General's office, well, I understand how they feel.
It doesn't matter to me that these revelations make supporters of the torture policies feel uncomfortable. I felt uncomfortable during the first round of revelations. I know that, unless we are not really the democracy we claim to be, all of us are complicit in any crimes committed by our government in our name.
At that time, I was told that this was legal because Gonzalez and his accomplices developed documents contorting the law to provide the Administration with a fig leaf. Uh, yeah. At the time, I was told that torture was the only path to safety. (Ben Franklin spins in his grave every time someone says that.) This, too, is a lie.
We have to face the truth.
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With the release of the memos, people who were torn between their orders and their consciences are now free to speak.
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- We Could Have Done This the Right Way - How Ali Soufan, an FBI agent, got Abu Zubaydah to talk without torture.
- A pro
- Interesting...
- That's like saying that we should never speak of how terribly wrong FDR was
- The point (and there is one):
- re: The point (and there is one):
- With the release of the memos, people who were torn between their orders and their consciences are now free to speak.
- How long do shame, anger, and disgust last?
- Does the spotlight feel uncomfortable?
- re: The point (and there is one):
- American principles, values, are important to liberals.