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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
Republicans Dispute Pelosi's Claim That She Couldn't Stop Interrogation Techniques
Pelosi is under attack for shifting her accounts of what and when she knew about enhanced interrogation techniques. Republicans have charged her with hypocrisy and complicity for seeking to investigate the Bush-era program when she didn’t protest earlier. Continue reading
The ACLU Explains
Apparently, their idea of “all the news that’s fit to print” is, well, anything. But that isn’t this newspaper’s motto. And even today, media organizations understand some news really isn’t fit to print, particularly the kind that puts lives in jeopardy. Some also understand that especially in war there are such things as legitimate government secrets, which serve the public interest precisely because they are secret. Continue reading
Ta-dah! Softhearted interrogation skills
Too bad few of those who have railed against America’s “crimes against humanity” have actually read the memos. Continue reading
