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Category Archives: Vice President Dick Cheney and torture
Fair Game
Share the post “Fair Game”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Valerie Plame Story made into film:
Torture Investigation Is A Process
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Share the post “Torture Investigation Is A Process”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I’ve tried to explain this to many of my fellows on the left who, like me, are outraged by every fresh bit of information about torture: you cannot circumvent the process and … Continue reading
The Week In Torture
Share the post “The Week In Torture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFormer Vice President Dick Cheney had been so very quiet lately. Then last week, the two reports he claimed would vindicate him were released, and Cheney resurfaced with a slightly different story: Mind you, … Continue reading
(UPDATE) Once Again, Cheney Has Nothing To Say
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Share the post “(UPDATE) Once Again, Cheney Has Nothing To Say”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFor a couple of months, Dick Cheney wouldn’t shut up. My mother asked me yesterday what former Vice President Dick Cheney was trying to do with his new media blitz. … Continue reading
Not Another Bush
Share the post “Not Another Bush”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailObama made lots of progressives angry when he decided to keep the idea of military commissions. But his commissions will be a little different: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has determined that detainees tried by … Continue reading
Amateur Torture
Share the post “Amateur Torture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe US Army has no MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) code for ‘translator.’ Only after a soldier finishes the grueling Basic Arabic Course at the Defense Language Institute (and that’s a big ‘if,’ since the course has … Continue reading
Torture: Three Questions
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Share the post “Torture: Three Questions”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe symbol of Christianity is a man being tortured to death. Given the apologies being made for torture — and the way they are being swallowed wholeheartedly by the most Christian-y Christians among us — … Continue reading
Levin Blasts Cheney
Share the post “Levin Blasts Cheney”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia DailyKos: Levin comes as close as I’ve heard to calling Cheney a liar. Indeed, I really wish that un-PC word would break out of its little cage and splash all over the MSM at … Continue reading
Every Word a Lie, Part 2
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Share the post “Every Word a Lie, Part 2″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMcClatchy newspapers might be the only real journalism left: WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s defense Thursday of the Bush administration‘s policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements. … Continue reading
Cutting Off Debate
Share the post “Cutting Off Debate”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDana Rohrbacher (R-Bizzaroworld) doesn’t think it’s time to cut off debate on global warming: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy To hear a person describe themselves as “someone who’s … Continue reading
Every Word a Lie
Share the post “Every Word a Lie”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDick Cheney today: The interrogations were used on hardened terrorists after other efforts failed. They were legal, essential, justified, successful, and the right thing to do. The intelligence officers who questioned the terrorists can … Continue reading
