Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - New York Times
Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - New York Times: "Never in history had the United States authorized such tactics. While President Bush and C.I.A. officials would later insist that the harsh measures produced crucial intelligence, many veteran interrogators, psychologists and other experts say that less coercive methods are equally or more effective."
It really is quite hard to read about this stuff and harder still to sometimes, on the way home from work on a beautiful sunny day, think about my country's place in the world and have my mind wander to such things as: if our 'elected' officials could torture like this or send our fellow countryman to an illegal war of aggression who says that they did not perhaps send some anthrax in the mail to foment this or truly did let 9/11 happen. God, it is an ugly thought but I am being honest by saying that policies they have enacted and supported such as torture, such as Guantanamo and even today denying poor children health care does make my mind wander and ask: what the hell is my country capable of with these crazy dudes running it?
It really is quite hard to read about this stuff and harder still to sometimes, on the way home from work on a beautiful sunny day, think about my country's place in the world and have my mind wander to such things as: if our 'elected' officials could torture like this or send our fellow countryman to an illegal war of aggression who says that they did not perhaps send some anthrax in the mail to foment this or truly did let 9/11 happen. God, it is an ugly thought but I am being honest by saying that policies they have enacted and supported such as torture, such as Guantanamo and even today denying poor children health care does make my mind wander and ask: what the hell is my country capable of with these crazy dudes running it?
