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Tag Archives: CIA Torture Report
A Mark Fiore Video: “Cheney’s Torture Anthem”
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore says we should remember that the Senate’s CIA torture report “was sanitized by the CIA and approved by Republicans in the Senate before it was released…” He added that we should also think what’s … Continue reading
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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“Do No Harm”: Dr. Steven Miles on the Subject of Doctors and Torture
By Elaine Magliaro Julie Beck has an interesting interview with Dr. Steven Miles on the subject of doctors being involved with the torture of people over at The Atlantic. Dr. Miles is a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a board … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Imperialism, Society, United States
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Doctors and Torture, Dr. Steven Miles, 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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“TORTURES”–A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
By Elaine Magliaro I selected a poem that I think is most appropriate to post this Poetry Friday after the release of the Senate’s CIA torture report earlier in the week. “Tortures” was written by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. Szymborska was awarded the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Poetry Friday, Torture, Wislawa Szymborska
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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
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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