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Michael Mukasey is “The Buffalo Chip of the Week.” (10/29-11/4)

Mukasey is all wet
Michael Mukasey might be the next Attorney General of the United States of America. Michael Mukasey will not admit that waterboarding is torture. What the hell? I mean, really. What the hell? From Thinkprogress.com,
‘Mukasey called the interrogation technique “over the line” and “repugnant” on “a personal basis,” but added that he would […]

Real Heroes: WWII Interrogators

George Frenkel
Specifically, WWII interrogators from Fort Hunt, Virginia. During WWII these men, who are in their 80’s and 90’s today, didn’t use torture. From the Washington Post article:
“We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture,” said Henry Kolm, 90, an […]

Torture!

Remember when we didn’t torture prisoners? Here’s an excerpt from the N.Y Times’ article, Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations:
“From the secret sites in Afghanistan, Thailand and Eastern Europe where C.I.A. teams held Qaeda terrorists, questions for the lawyers at C.I.A. headquarters arrived daily. Nervous interrogators wanted to know: Are we breaking the laws against […]