Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Torture in the News

Seymour Hirsch explains how trying to investigate torture at Abu Ghraib killed the career of a U.S. Army general.

A recent LA Times editorial asks: Will the CIA continue to subject prisoners to what President Bush demurely calls "alternative" interrogation techniques that may border on torture?"

Mark Danner reflects on the rhetoric of torture.

Freshman Senator (D-OH) Sherrod Brown regrets voting last year to approve the Military Commissions Act, or Torture Bill.