T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 1 4 , 2 0 0 5Don't Forget The Torture!by Michael in New York on 7/14/2005 06:30:00 PMMeanwhile, while White House officials are leaking state secretsin a time of war, torture is being committed in our name.Torture -- the evil tool of Castro and Stalin and dictatorsaround the world.</p><p> Torture -- the cruel, inhuman practice of thebad guys that heros like our World War II and Vietnamprisoners of war endured stoically but all decent peoplecondemned.</p><p> Torture -- thanks to Bush -- is now the Americanway.Actually, it makes sense: the same people who defendtorture are the same people defending Karl Rove, a manwho endangered national security in a dirty tricks campaign.The Washington Post details the obvious -- that the samemethods used in Abu Ghraib denounced by Bush and everyonearound the world began in Guantanamo Bay.The Post also has an online discussion from Bush Sr's personalphysician -- he denounced the use of medical personnel inoverseeing that torture in an op-ed column.And if you haven't picked up the current double issue of TheNew Yorker, Jane Mayer has a devastating feature on thetorture at Guantanamo Bay and the unprecedented andfrightening use of doctors.</p><p> Not that we want to mention theNazis, but of course it was the horrifying practices of the ThirdReich's doctors that shocked the world and led to newstandards being set by the international medical community --standards our doctors are now breaking in Guantanamo Bay.It's a great article for rebutting the people who want to pretendthe only claims about torture come from prisoners told to lie ina training manual.</p><p> Mayer speaks to FBI agents, US militarylawyers, former interrogators, soldiers and references thereports filed by the military itself.</p><p> The article isn't online, butMayer's q and a about it is available here.</p><p> MORE POSTS ABOUT: TORTURE Add New CommentYou are commenting as a Guest.</p><p> You may select one to log into: HuffPost PoliticsHuckabee's Huck Pac In Turmoil With StaffTurnover, Mounting Debts - Former Arkansas Gov.Mike Huckabee's political action committee, HuckPac, is undergoing a "restructuring," ExecutiveDirector Sarah Huckabee said Wednesday....8 minutes ago Ben SmithGoing small - My story tonight: President BarackObama came alive about 50 minutes intoWednesday night’s news conference – whensomebo30 minutes ago Daily KosOpen Thread and Diary Rescue - *Today, srkp23(pulling a double shift), ybruti, taylormattd,ItsJessMe and vcmvo2 combed through hundredsof diaries to find this powerful list.</p><p> Today's...1 hour ago EschatonOvernight - Folk On.</p><p> Newish.1 hour ago Crooks and LiarsOpen Thread - Open Thread below...2 hours agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V Next 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Don't ...http://www.americablog.com/2005/07/dont-forget-torture.html 1 of 57/23/09 1:49 AMVisit ourAMERICAblog TV site.see all 323 videos >I collect with vodpod In honor of SenatorDeMint For the GOPers, healthcare is politics.</p><p> They just Traditional media has todebunk the birthers One small step...</p><p> The right-wing media, thevoices of the GOP, inAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Don't ...http://www.americablog.com/2005/07/dont-forget-torture.html 2 of 57/23/09 1:49 AMThe TreatmentObama Has a Grown-UpTalk With America(Gulp)1 hour agoEzra KleinTab Dump6 hours agoWonk RoomSen.</p><p> Byron Dorgan:The ‘Trade’ InCap-And-Trade ‘MakesNo Sense To Me’7 hours agoHealth BeatTruth Squad: WallStreet Journal HealthCare Editorial Wrong onthe Facts . . .8 hours agoDaily DoseProviders Endorse 'Payfor Value' ProposalsG AY P O L I T I C S Visit our new gay politicssection, AMERICAblog Gay.F E E D S Blog RSS AMERICAblog TV RSS Twitter RSSTwitter Feed Get the blog by email: Subscribe me! 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