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Briefing Book! Secret Waterboarding Memos Make News

Oct 16 2008 - 12:30pm by LibertySugar

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Briefing Book! Secret Waterboarding Memos Make News

Torture: Does other news mean US won't have a discussion about this? Secret White House memo endorsed waterboarding. — newsblog
McCain: Do you listen or hang up? New McCain robo-call says Barack Obama and fellow Democrats "aren't who you think they are" and says they want to give civil rights to terrorists. — Talking Points Memo

Countdown: Who's on defense?

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Waterboarding "Thrill Ride" Hits Coney Island: Political Art?

Aug 8 2008 - 8:00am by CitizenSugar

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Waterboarding "Thrill Ride" Hits Coney Island: Political Art?

Folks trekking out to Coney Island are looking for a little summer diversion involving water — but the newest attraction to grace the boardwalk takes that expectation and adds a political message. Called the "Waterboard Thrill Ride," the sideshow is decorated with SpongeBob, advertises that "it dont [sic] Gitmo better" and charges $1 for a look through a barred window onto what appears to be an interrogation scene.

Robots portray a prisoner and an interrogator. After the dollar is paid, the lights come on and the prisoner begins to convulse violently as water is poured on his face. The artist behind the installation says its aim is to provoke people into thinking critically about the technique. He says, "robot waterboarding became a way of exploring the issue without doing any harm. It's putting a unique experience on the table. And it doesn't take a great leap of the imagination to look in there and say: 'That's really what's going on? That's crazy.'" And who doesn't fancy a little torture demo with their corndog?

There's a video of the "ride" in action, including reaction from some bystanders, some of whom hadn't heard of waterboarding before. In that sense, is it a decent public service — or does it turn a serious message into a silly sideshow?

Waterboarding "Thrill Ride" Hits Coney Island: Political Art?

It's political art for sure. It's visually designed to blend in and it causes people to think.

Dumb! It's more serious than a boardwalk attraction, and using Spongebob lures kids.

It's just a gimmick. I don't think it will change minds either way.

Other. I'll pay my buck in the comments.

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Ashcroft Defends Waterboarding Before House Panel The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a "valuable" purpose and does not constitute torture, says former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Testifying on the Bush administration's interrogation rules before the House, Ashcroft said, the "value of the information received from the use of enhanced interrogation techniques — I don't know whether [Tenet] was saying waterboarding or not, but assume that he was for a moment — the value of that information exceeded the value of information that was received from all other sources." 4 comments

Christopher Hitchens Is Waterboarded, Lives to Call It Torture

Jul 2 2008 - 2:45pm by CitizenSugar

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Christopher Hitchens Is Waterboarded, Lives to Call It Torture

The August issue of Vanity Fair is set to clear up an important question once and for all: is waterboarding torture? No scientists or military experts were needed for this: just a self-proclaimed "wheezing, paunchy" 59-year-old scribbler. Christopher Hitchens, VF columnist and controversial panelist extraordinaire, who's written previously on the difference between "extreme interrogation" and "outright torture," submitted himself to the technique to make the call.

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Military Prosecutor Says Justice Became Political at Gitmo

Apr 30 2008 - 1:30pm by LibertySugar

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Military Prosecutor Says Justice Became Political at Gitmo

Col. Morris D. Davis, the US military's former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, testified yesterday that top Pentagon officials interfered with his work for political reasons, and told him that there could be no detainee acquittals.

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