Believe Me, It's Torture Posted: 5 months ago by misslesh
What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it.
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Torture justified, say US soldiers Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from insurgents and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, a survey has found.
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Bush Will Veto Ban On Torture Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
Although President Bush has stated that the United States has not and will not torture people, it has been learned that Mr. Bush himself has authorized the use of waterboarding on detainees (a practice previously prosecuted by the United States as a war crime), and has claimed the authority to do so again in certain circumstances.
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Jon Henley on US military torture euphemisms Posted: 11 months ago by leopoldogolba
Waterboarding, according to the CIA - some of whose most senior officials are currently giving evidence before a congressional inquiry into the organisation's decision to deliberately destroy video recordings of two al-Qaida captives being subjected to the practice - is merely an "enhanced coercive interrogation technique".
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Torture? Naw. Posted: 12 months ago by Galoot
This disturbing new Amnesty International video reenacts CIA stress-position torture techniques. Oh, wait. Did I say disturbing? I meant to say, "Hells yeah, do whutever it takes to git them terrists!"
Not safe for work or children.
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Waterboarding Torture - What It's Really Like Posted: 11 months ago by bigtonyboy
A video demonstrating what waterboarding really looks like
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Kuntzkamera Museum: Freaky People & Torture Instruments Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
“Kuntzkamera” is a museum in St. Petersburg founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. He collected different weird stuff from all over Russia such as freaky people, animals preserved in alcohol, torture instruments, strange paintings and much more. Here are photos:
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Bush to veto bill banning waterboarding Posted: 9 months ago by TraumaMamma
The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding — a technique that simulates drowning — and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.
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Heated debate over use of torture Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
A poll of more than 27,000 Liberals who hate America in 25 countries shows that a sizeable majority are opposed to torture, even if its purpose is to elicit information that could save other Liberals who hate America from terrorist attack.
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Bush proudly signs anti-torture law... Posted: 2 years ago by Galoot
...but (you know there's a "but").
The definition of "torture" is subject to change at Bush's whim. Indefinite imprisonment of poorly defined "unlawful combatants" is allowed. Habeas corpus is suspended for detainees. Coerced testimony at trial is A-OK. Interrogators who may have engaged in torture are retroactively immunized.
Witch-burning not specifically mentioned, but that's probably okay, too.
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Memo: Bush's power trumps laws on torture Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
"It is no wonder that this memo ... could not withstand scrutiny and had to be withdrawn," said Leahy, D-Vermont. "This memo seeks to find ways to avoid legal restrictions and accountability on torture and threatens our country's status as a beacon of human rights around the world."
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Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
"The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted," Whitehouse said.
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One-third support 'some torture' Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
Although 59% were opposed to torture, 29% thought it acceptable to use some degree of torture to combat terrorism.
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20 Gnarliest Torture Devices of All Time Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
The worst thing about medieval life was the unwavering evil of the Christian "justice" system and the tools of torture they employed. The following are the 20 worst torture devices of all time in order of sheer terror:
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Ex CIA Agent Claims Waterboarding Saved Lives Posted: 11 months ago by mandolinorange
...yet he now claims to be against the use of this torture technique.
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Confession that formed base of Iraq war was acquired under torture Posted: 2 years ago by Alton
An Al-Qaeda terror suspect captured by the United States, who gave evidence of links between Iraq and the terror network, confessed after being tortured.
Good thing we just legalized torture.
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CIA director: Waterboarding necessary, but potentially illegal Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
Waterboarding is necessary though probably not legal, CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress Thursday as Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he would not open a criminal investigation into the CIA's use of the technique.
*So it's illegal, but no charges, WTF?
*Wanted to post this as an update but can't find it.
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Infernal Device - Machinery of Torture Posted: 2 years ago by domeafavor
Various torture devices, some with whimsical names like "Pear of Anguish."
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Torture chamber on trial Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
A chilling trial is going on north of Oslo that revolves around a modern-day torture chamber, allegedly used by a Norwegian-Pakistani gang to terrorize members of a rival Moroccan gang.
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe In Iraq - Torture Chambers Found Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
These 6 by 6 small rooms have torture devices in them. They were found close to the Iranian border.
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Pleas Made In 'House Of Torture' Case Posted: 3 months ago by muppet
Prosecutors said that Gabriel Kalama forced one child to eat another child’s feces, that he taped a child's hands together and exploded fireworks between the child’s hands and that he beat two children with a bat.
5 years for abusing 5 kids? i am NOT impressed with the law.
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