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Open Thread on the Subject of Torture: Does An Eye for an Eye Make the Whole World Blind?
By Elaine Magliaro I’ve come across some articles on the subject of torture that I thought readers of this blog would find interesting and/or informative. CIA on the Couch: Why there would have been no torture without the psychologists. (Slate) This … Continue reading
Posted in American History, CIA, George W. Bush, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Psychology, United States
Tagged American Psychological Association, CIA, CIA Torture Report, Torture
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Joins the Torture Debate…Once Again Claiming That Nothing in the Constitution Prohibits It
By Elaine Magliaro Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reported today that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “joining the debate over the Senate’s torture report by saying it’s hard to rule out the use of extreme measures to extract … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Antonin Scalia, CIA Torture Report, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Torture
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Senator Mark Udall: The CIA Is Still Lying
By Elaine Magliaro On Wednesday, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said that the CIA was still lying about “its post-9/11 torture program.” During a speech on the floor of the Senate, Udall “delivered a blistering critique of the agency’s torture during the … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Video: Who Killed Michael Brown?
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore said it seems as if “everyone but Darren Wilson is responsible for the death of Michael Brown. It’s Michael Brown’s fault, black-on-black violence is at fault, it’s a culture of disrespect and lawbreaking … Continue reading
Rep. Peter King of New York Declares That CIA Detainees Were Not Tortured
By Elaine Magliaro Rep. Peter King (R-NY)–who made the news last week after claiming that Eric Garner was responsible for his own death because he was obese and had asthma and a heart condition–is back making headlines again. Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged CIA, CIA Torture Report, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Torture
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Two Psychologists Who Worked As Interrogation Advisers for the CIA Were Paid $81 Million for Their Services
By Elaine Magliaro Paul Blumenthal and Christina Wilkie published an article Tuesday night at Huffington Post about two psychologists who worked as interrogation advisers for the CIA. The two men helped the government agency “implement its brutal interrogation program targeting detainees in … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Politics, Propaganda, United States
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Torture
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Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress Provides Information about Some of the “Disgraceful Facts” That Were Buried in the Senate’s Torture Report
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Igor Volsky has an informative post about the CIA torture report over at ThinkProgress titled 17 Disgraceful Facts Buried In The Senate’s 600 Page Torture Report. Here are a few of the “disgraceful facts”: 2. CIA personnel … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Hypocrisy, Politics, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged CIA Torture Report, US Senate
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John McCain’s Senate Speech on the CIA Torture Report
Posted by Elaine Magliaro I was impressed with John McCain’s reaction to the release of the CIA torture report on the floor of the Senate today. I believe it was his shining hour. John McCain CIA Torture Report Senate Speech. … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Congress, Senator John McCain, Torture, US Senate
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Former Communications Chief for George W. Bush and Torture Apologist Nicole Wallace Says She Doesn’t Care What the CIA Did to Detainees
By Elaine Magliaro Former communications chief for George W. Bush and torture apologist Nicole Wallace got incensed during a discussion of the recently released CIA torture report on Morning Joe today. A frequent guest on Scarborough’s show, Wallace vehemently defended the agency’s use of waterboarding … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged CIA, CIA Torture Report, George W. Bush, Nicole Wallace, US Senate
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“The Echo Chamber”: Reuters Investigation Finds That a Small Group of Lawyers Dominates the Docket at the Supreme Court
By Elaine Magliaro This morning, Reuters published the first part of a three-part investigative series, Part 1: A cadre of well-connected attorneys has honed the art of getting the Supreme Court to take up cases – and business is capitalizing on … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, United States
Tagged Reuters, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, The Roberts Court
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