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Former President Bush warned to keep book tour domestic

On November 22, 2010 By

In an op-ed piece in The Telegraph, Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, warned former U.S. President George W. Bush, who has openly admitted to authorizing torture, to keep his book tour on this side of the Atlantic:
It is not yet clear whether George W Bush is planning to cross the Atlantic [...]

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Soldier accused of waterboarding his four year-old daughter

On February 11, 2010 By

Joshua Tabor, a U.S. soldier at the Lewis-McChord base in Tacoma, Washington has been arrested and charged with assault after he admitted to police to having waterboarded his four year-old daughter because she was unable to recite the alphabet. Tabor admitted to police he had used the CIA torture technique because he was angry [...]

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Mancow gets waterboarded, agrees it’s torture

On May 23, 2009 By

Watch Chicago radio personality Eric “Mancow” Muller get waterboarded:

Now keep in mind Mancow has previously said on his show that he didn’t believe waterboarding was torture. It’s funny how one’s opinion changes once they’ve experienced waterboarding.

H/T to James Rowen.

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Feingold: “So-called enhanced interrogation illegal”

On May 13, 2009 By

For weeks, former Vice President Dick Cheney has been making the rounds on television to defend the Bush administration’s torture program, and during his media blitz, Cheney has been citing two CIA memos as proof that torture works as a method of obtaining intelligence.

However, during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing [...]

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Is waterboarding torture? You decide.

On May 13, 2009 By

I’ve spent a little time here on Blogging Blue talking about waterboarding, and I’ve made it clear I believe waterboarding is torture. I’ve read the argument that waterboarding can’t be torture since it’s used to train American military forces in SERE training, and I’ve also read the argument that waterboarding isn’t torture because it’s [...]

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Waterboarding for Walker

On April 29, 2009 By

From the first post at Heartland Hollar comes a novel fundraising idea for Scott Walker’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, which kicked off this week:

s you may know, Scott Walker is “officially” believing in himself as governor again (or did he ever stop) and he is going to need a lot of charity from people [...]

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‘Nuff said

On April 29, 2009 By

Just a warning that this is definitely not safe for work due to language…

H/T to Emily Mills over at The Lost Albatross.

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Reagan opposed torture

On April 25, 2009 By

Ronald Reagan, an idol to many conservatives, was opposed to torture. In fact, here’s what he said in his signing statement ratifying the UN Convention on Torture from 1984 (emphasis mine):

“The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step in the development during [...]

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Feingold calls for torture investigations

On April 21, 2009 By

It’s no secret I’m a fan of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, and among the reasons I’m a fan of his is his staunch opposition to the use of toture by the United States, as well as his desire for an investigation into Bush-era torture practices:

“Part of what troubles me are the lawyers — [...]

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It’s not a revelation, but it’s nice to hear

On January 15, 2009 By

Under questioning from Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, attorney general nominee Eric Holder clearly stated waterboarding is torture:

“I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture,” Holder said in what amounts to a dramatic reversal of the Justice Department’s policy under President Bush.

Seems pretty common sense, doesn’t [...]

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