In the world of libertarian economists, Bryan Caplan really isn't the worst, but arguing that the Shah was "strong on civil liberties" is about the dumbest thing one can possibly.
Worth remembering who influenced Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, the CIA, and all the other architects of American torture: The United States knows quite a bit about waterboarding. The U.S. government.
Indefensible. I think it's worth noting as well that this isn't the case where there's a clash between civil liberties and compelling political interests -- the number of votes Obama.
Not surprising, of course: The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak began, and at least some.
It seems clear Manning, who has never been convicted of a crime, is being tortured for the purpose of destroying his ability to resist his captors, so that his subsequent.
Karl Rove defends mock drowning once again in his new memoir. After all, we do it to our own troops during training to help them learn to withstand torture. Not.
Hardened Al Qaeda terrorist succumbs to cookie:Abu Jandal's guards were so intimidated by him, they wore masks to hide their identities and begged visitors not to refer to them by.
Randy Paul has been writing an excellent series on medical professionals and torture, stemming from his attendance of a symposium on the subject two weeks ago. Long story short, "enhanced.
