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Bush Responds to DOJ Terror Memos
Yesterday's New York Times revealed the existence of two previously secret Justice Department memos on techniques for interrogating suspected terrorists. Contrary to public statements calling torture " abhorrent ," they explicitly authorized head-slapping, simulated drowning and exposure to extreme cold.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readYesterday's New York Times revealed the existence of two previously secret Justice Department memos on techniques for interrogating suspected terrorists. Contrary to public statements calling torture "abhorrent," they explicitly authorized head-slapping, simulated drowning and exposure to extreme cold. After Democrats demanded to see them, President Bush repeated his insistence that "the US does not torture." Scott Shane is one of the authors of yesterday's story.
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The full episode
1 of 3Is America Growing Itself to Destruction? - 1:39Bush Responds to DOJ Terror Memos You’re reading this
- 7:46Do We Have Too Much?
- 42:46Anthropologists Help Military in Afghanistan, Iraq