Tag: interrogations

Cheney still loves torture. He's proud of it.
ecthompsonmd August 31, 2009

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy From EmptyWheel: One key to Dick Cheney’s defense today is the proud boast that his torture policy worked. I guess the other thing that offends the hell out of me, frankly, Chris, is we had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty attacks from Al Qaeda. [snip] I’m very proud of what we did in terms of defending the nation for the last eight years successfully. [snip] Chris, my sort of overwhelming view is that the enhanced interrogation techniques were

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The Errington Thompson Show 4-25-09
ecthompsonmd June 26, 2009

Now, this is good stuff. My special guest is Marcy Wheeler who scooped the mainstream media I actually reading the torture memos. She was one of discovered that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was waterboarded over 100 times. I discussed with my producer, Agnes, who’s back from a long hiatus, the importance of people being involved in the government. Marcy Wheeler and I go into some detail about the torture memos. This should not be missed. Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. From the Bybee memo: Our advice is based upon the following facts, which you have provided to us. We also understand

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Jessie Ventura sums up torture
ecthompsonmd May 13, 2009

I still don’t understand how this guy got elected as Governor of Minnesota.  It makes my head spin.  He was a Navy Seal.  Now, this I can believe. Ventura is a different kind of guy.  He clearly speaks his mind. From TP: One of the most repeated lines from conservatives in the debate over interrogations is that waterboarding is not torture because it is performed on U.S. troops as part of training. Yesterday on CNN’s Larry King Live, former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura — a former Navy SEAL who has been waterboarded — poured cold water on this talking point, saying

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