Wednesday, August 31, 2011

[Slate] Getting Away With Torture

Dick Cheney's memoir shows the importance of the law, not of torture.

Who knows why Cheney wants to keep relitigating torture in the face of a factual record that has concluded for the thousandth time that it is neither effective nor legal. Maybe it's good for his book sales. All I know is that when almost everyone with any expertise in the matter, and any knowledge of the torture program (up to and including Matthew Alexander and John McCain) says that it hurts more than it helps, Cheney starts to sound a little like the crazy lady in the attic.


ARTICLE HERE

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