It's Our Cage, Too - Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies

These assertions that "torture works" may reassure a fearful public, but it is a false security. We don't know what's been gained through this fear-driven program. But we do know the consequences.

As has happened with every other nation that has tried to engage in a little bit of torture -- only for the toughest cases, only when nothing else works -- the abuse spread like wildfire, and every captured prisoner became the key to defusing a potential ... Full Story »

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Cheri Henderson
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by Cheri Henderson - Oct. 1, 2008

Excellent article. This clearly delineates the problem with torture, from a military insider. Everyone who claims we should be mistreating prisoners, or who buys into the idea that those against torture are being 'soft' on terrorists, should read this.

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