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Do as I say, not as I do: VP Cheney has confirmed what we already knew: Prisoners in our Guantanamo Bay concentration camp have been subject to the controversial torture technique of waterboarding, in which prisoners are strapped to a board, dunked underwater and made to think they might drown, producing a severe gag reflex. Cheney and the CIA may not think waterboarding is torture, but US military law and legal precedent says it is. From that last link:
On September 6, 2006, the United States Department of Defense released a revised Army Field Manual entitled Human Intelligence Collector Operations that prohibits the use of waterboarding by U.S. military personnel. The revised manual was adopted amid widespread criticism of U.S. handling of prisoners in the War on Terrorism, and prohibits other practices in addition to waterboarding. The revised manual applies to U.S. military personnel, and as such does not apply to the practices of the CIA.
In its 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the U.S. Department of State formally recognizes "submersion of the head in water," as torture in its examination of Tunisia's poor human rights record.
The Washington Post is reporting that the Iraq War is a problem for some GOP campaigns.
Patti Davis: Michael J. Fox is an example of how we should all be living our lives. Rush Limbaugh’s nasty stem-cell-ad response is not. Also: in a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.
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Do as I say, not as I do: VP Cheney has confirmed what we already knew: Prisoners in our Guantanamo Bay concentration camp have been subject to the controversial torture technique of waterboarding, in which prisoners are strapped to a board, dunked underwater and made to think they might drown, producing a severe gag reflex. Cheney and the CIA may not think waterboarding is torture, but US military law and legal precedent says it is. From that last link:
On September 6, 2006, the United States Department of Defense released a revised Army Field Manual entitled Human Intelligence Collector Operations that prohibits the use of waterboarding by U.S. military personnel. The revised manual was adopted amid widespread criticism of U.S. handling of prisoners in the War on Terrorism, and prohibits other practices in addition to waterboarding. The revised manual applies to U.S. military personnel, and as such does not apply to the practices of the CIA.
In its 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the U.S. Department of State formally recognizes "submersion of the head in water," as torture in its examination of Tunisia's poor human rights record.
The Washington Post is reporting that the Iraq War is a problem for some GOP campaigns.
Patti Davis: Michael J. Fox is an example of how we should all be living our lives. Rush Limbaugh’s nasty stem-cell-ad response is not. Also: in a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.
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The Tongue Untied is an on-line guide to grammar, style and punctuation for journalists.
The Annotated MST
If Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball....