Torture report
It Would Have Been Nice If the NYT Demanded We Prosecute Dick Cheney When It Mattered
This week, the New York Times published a bombshell of an op-ed demanding that the Obama administration "prosecute torturers and their bosses," specifically Bush officials up to and including former Vice President Dick Cheney. It's probably the first time in recent history that ...read more
President Obama Is Wrong: Torture Is Kind Of Who We Are
There have been a lot of stupid, at times downright dangerous things said about the recent release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's "torture report," but perhaps none more dangerous than the oft-repeated mantra that "torture is not who we are." That's a pretty high bar, I ...read more
President Obama's Doublespeak On Torture Report Explained
The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's so-called "Torture Report" (so-called because it is a report about torture) has eclipsed everything else in the news, and has led to criticism of the report, the committee, and the Obama administration from both sides of the ...read more
Conservatives Totally Bust Democrats For Covering Up Gruber Hearing With Torture Report
The Senate Intelligence Committee released its torture report today, officially launching "rectal feeding" as a trending topic (and hopefully not a boomlet in tapas restaurants), and fulfilling an Obama administration plot to cover up the Gruber hearings. So say the razor-sharp ...read more