No Torture. No Exceptions. - Chuck Hagel

Washington Monthly by Chuck Hagel | Mar. 12, 2008 (Editorial)

During World War II, U.S. Army intelligence officers at Fort Hunt, Virginia, questioned Nazi prisoners of war using ingenuity, skill, and knowledge of foreign cultures. They gleaned valuable intelligence at a time when the United States was fighting for its existence against an evil equally as menacing as that which we face today. And they acquired this information without resorting to abusive techniques, such as waterboarding, that are considered to be ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Human Rights, Torture, Bush Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Ara Gregorian - Mar 12, 2008 - 5:53 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Ara Gregorian (review), David Cohn (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Dennis A. Abbott (review), Fred Gatlin (review)
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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

An excellent civil article about interrogation techniques for our country.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The editorial presents a well spoken and researched stand against torture. How can the lock-step regressives in congress congeal into a lump favoring torture?

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Dennis A. Abbott
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 by Dennis A. Abbott - Oct. 1, 2008

These two articles by Chuck Hagel and Wesley Clark raise my esteem for the Washington Monthly. I wish their message could be broadcast throughout the MSM. Most people, like most NeoCons, apparently, still believe torture is acceptable because it gives us a better intelligence capability. Voter knowledge that the opposite is true, and that torture is encouraging warfare against the U.S., would quickly reverse our foreign policy.

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David Cohn
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 by David Cohn - Oct. 1, 2008
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Ara Gregorian
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 by Ara Gregorian - Oct. 1, 2008
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