At least once a day, Adam’s captors attached metal clamps to his fingers and toes. One of the men then cranked a handle on a machine to which the clamps were linked with wires, and sent powerful electric shocks through his body. If he managed not to scream, others would join in, beating him with wooden sticks or metal rods ( Read more... )

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Bureau policies have been crafted to take into account the active presence of domestic extremists in U.S. police departments.WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND other domestic extremists maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to that conclusion, notable for its confidence and the policy ( Read more... )

Future Aliens to Study the Cause of The Collapse of Human Civilization. The Cause: Humans.

Federal Reserve Bankers Mocked Unemployed Americans Behind Closed Doors

In 2011, unemployment was at a near crisis level. The jobless rate was stuck around 9 percent nationally, an unusually high number due to the continuing effects of the financial crash.
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‘People on War’ poll, last taken in 1999, shows coarsened attitudes on wartime treatment of civilians among people in US, UK, Russia, China and France

Nearly half of Americans believe it acceptable to torture enemy combatants, according to a new survey which suggests that 15 years of warfare have significantly recast American attitudes on torture ( Read more... )

Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, tasking the popular military leader with carrying out the president-elect's planned overhaul of Pentagon operations and a shift in national security priorities.

The Washington Post, citing "people familiar" with the decision," was first to report ( Read more... )

The military’s decision - which the military will not confirm - follows a recommendation made by Manning’s psychologist more than five months ago


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Kerry hits back at Trump's torture talk

Donald Trump's willingness to use torture has apparently pained John Kerry.

The secretary of state, in unveiling his department's annual human rights report on Wednesday, took a moment to "remove a scintilla" of doubt about where the Obama administration stands on the use of such harsh tactics ( Read more... )

Senate report: CIA misled public on torture
Washington (CNN) -- The CIA's harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era didn't work, were more brutal than previously revealed and delivered no "ticking time bomb" information that prevented an attack, according to an explosive Senate report released Tuesday ( Read more... )

Listen and understand. The game changed in Venezuela last night. What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many years went kinetic all of a sudden ( Read more... )