U.S. has a 45-year history of torture

Los Angeles Times by A.J. Langguth | May. 3, 2009 (Opinion)

As President Obama grapples with accusations of torture by U.S. agents, I suggest he consult the former Senate majority leader, Tom Daschle.

I first contacted Daschle in 1975, when he was an aide to Sen. James Abourezk of South Dakota, who was leading a somewhat lonely campaign against CIA abuses.

At the time, I was researching a book on the United States' role in the spread of military dictatorships throughout Latin America. Daschle ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - May. 10, 2009

Good, but could have been improved by demonstrating an understanding that U.S. complicity in torture did not begin in the 1960's. Could have included mention of our use of waterboarding in the Phillipines, for example.

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