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Torture here, torture there, torture everywhere
NEW LIGHT SHED ON CIA’s ‘BLACK SITE’ PRISONS By Dafna Linzer and Julie Tate, Washington Post On his last day in CIA custody, Marwan Jabour, an accused al-Qaeda paymaster, was stripped naked, seated in a chair and videotaped by agency officers. Afterward, he was shackled and blindfolded, headphones were put over his ears, and he…
Pope Won’t Dine with “might makes right” Bush
therawstory by Nick Juliano Pontiff not attending dinner in his honor, White House says The White House has scheduled a dinner next week in honor of Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the United States, but one guest will be conspicuously absent from the proceedings: the pope himself. There are no competing events listed on…
