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A Few Things That Just Aren't True

August 31, 2009

1. Japanese officials were executed for waterboarding prisoners during World War II. Wrong. Japanese officials were executed primarily for mass murder and for waging war against other countries. Torture was among the charges, and among the numerous torture charges was Japanese water torture (aka, water cure), not waterboarding. The two are not the same thing. [...]

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Terrorist Interrogation Methods Worked. Was It Worth It ?

August 25, 2009

With the release of the CIA Inspector General's (IG) 2004 report about Bush-era interrogation of terrorists, I assume you've all heard what the media wants you to hear – that one terrorist was threatened with a loaded gun and a power drill, that a pretend execution of a terrorist was carried out to get another [...]

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Pelosi-bot Blows A Chip

May 16, 2009

The biggest reason Nancy Pelosi's lies matter is – she's third in line to be the President of the United States. If President Obama were to become unable to serve, Vice President and Gaffemaster General Joe Biden would succeed him. After Biden, the job falls to the Speaker of the House, and that's Pelosi. After [...]

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The New Interrogation Methods

May 11, 2009

"Every one of us can imagine the following scenario: We get lucky; we get the No. 3 guy in al-Qaida, and we know there's a big bomb going off in America in three days and this guy knows where it is. We have the right and the responsibility to beat it out of him." – [...]

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Politics First, National Security Second

April 27, 2009

In it's first 100 days, the Obama administration has shifted gears on national security issues. Does political ideology now trump national security ? Here are a few things to think about. – The release of the Bush OLC "torture" memos. There was NO reason to release those memos, other than political ones. Obama cited a [...]

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Pelosi Lies About Waterboarding Knowledge

April 24, 2009

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the ranking House Democrat on the Intelligence Committee in 2002-2003, when the enhanced interrogation techniques were used on high-level Al Qaeda detainees, says……she didn't know nuthin' 'bout no waterboardin'. Bull. Crap. From the New York Times: As was common with the most secret programs, the C.I.A. chose [...]

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CIA Terrorist Interrogations Saved Lives

April 22, 2009

Speaking of the enhanced interrogation techniques used against high-level terrorists like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks), President Obama said America must maintain it's ideals and values "even when it's hard." Obama has banned the techniques. Here are real life examples of how "hard" it can get. From CNSNews: After KSM was [...]

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Did The Bushies Break The Torture Law ?

April 22, 2009

Last sunday, Obama's Chief Of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, said the administration didn't support prosecuting "those who devised policy" on terrorist detainee interrogations. Two days later, President Obama reversed that position by saying this: For those who carried out some of these operations within the four corners of legal opinions or guidance that had been provided [...]

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The Other Red Meat

April 20, 2009

The Bush "torture" memos released by President Obama indicate Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 hijackings that killed 2,974 innocent people here in the USA, was waterboarded 183 times. That's outrageous. A travesty of justice. We're better than that. Let's calculate. 2,974 cold-blooded murders minus 183 waterboardings leaves……..2,791 more waterboardings to go for [...]

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Obama Releases Bush Legal Memos

April 17, 2009

President Obama has declassified and publicly released memos from the Justice Department's Office Of Legal Counsel (OLC) to the Bush Administration. The memos were sent between 2002 and 2005, and discussed opinions on the legality of aggressive, controversial interrogation techniques proposed for use by the CIA on terrorist detainees, specifically, techniques to be used to [...]

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Senate Votes To Ban Waterboarding

February 14, 2008

Yesterday, the Senate passed H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2008. The Act included a ban on waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques. It passed by a vote of 51 to 45, with 4 not voting. The vote was largely upon partisan lines, with Democrats voting for the ban and Republicans voting [...]

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