NYT-This is Bush’s idea of an “ally.”
The police repeatedly tortured prisoners, State Department officials wrote, noting that the most common techniques were “beating, often with blunt weapons, and asphyxiation with a gas mask.” Separately, international human rights groups had reported that torture in Uzbek jails included boiling of body parts, using electroshock on genitals and plucking off fingernails and toenails with pliers. Two prisoners were boiled to death, the groups reported.
Remind me why all the other candidates were cooler?
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said she was “initially impressed” by interrogations she saw on a tour of Guantanamo Bay in February 2004 with members of the Homeland Security Committee. The delegation watched through mirrored glass as interrogators spoke in conversational tones and rewarded cooperative detainees with ice cream. Now, she believes, “we were duped.”
“The amount and depth of the torture that’s been alleged and corroborated leaves no doubt in my mind that what we saw was a staged interrogation,” Norton said.
Thanks to the Florida Supreme Court. This clears the way for charges against him, how will Jeb interfere?
This is a major investigative story.
He continued to stress that the Social Security system would be “flat bust” in 2042, when it will be able to cover about 73 percent of benefits owed. And he repeated his pledge not to change benefits for those already getting checks or those 55 and older.
A heckler in the Nebraska crowd wasn’t buying it. “Quit lying … you liar,” he yelled.
“We love free speech in America,” Mr. Bush replied and then continued his speech.
He’s holding out bait- a “deal” in which only district court judges could be filibustered. The Dems are obviously on a roll and should reject it. This is a bizarre offer; if filibustering one type of nominee is “unprecendented” and “unconstitutional,” why offer to allow it in most cases? Frist is basically admitting that he is a liar and a hypocrite on the subject.
To PBS - article
It is the official conclusion of all of the Pentagon’s investigations, including the one chaired by Vietnam-era defense secretary Schlesinger, that this torture technique was dreamed up by one of the seven National Guard members from West Virginia who were the only ones court martialed. In fact, it is so common that it has a name: “The Vietnam.”
