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The Torture Debate, Continued
This month, I wrote a column outlining two exceptions to the no-torture rule: the ticking time bomb scenario and its less extreme variant in which a high-value terrorist refuses to divulge crucial information that could save innocent lives. The column elicited protest and opposition that were, shall we say, spirited…And occasionally stupid. Continue reading
Tortured public stance
The White House’s smoothly run message-making machinery broke down last week in contradictory statements that have reignited the terrorist-interrogation controversy.
In the space of a week, the West Wing turned into a Tower of Babel as administration officials from President Obama to his chief of staff to his national intelligence adviser delivered wildly different positions. Continue reading
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