Canada investigating US officials over torture: report

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About half of Americans believe that the CIA was justified in its harsh interrogation methods of "war on terror" detainees, a poll found Monday, days after a damning US report revealed harrowing details of torture. The US Senate report released last week said the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation of Al-Qaeda suspects, including beatings, rectal rehydration and sleep deprivation, was far more brutal than acknowledged and did not produce useful intelligence. The findings triggered ...

ou might've heard that former President George W. Bush has a memoir out. And you might've heard that he vigorously defended his authorization to waterboard Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. President Bush wrote, in Decision Points, that he "approved the use of the [enhanced] interrogation techniques," including waterboarding, on Abu Zubaydah, and that he responded to a request to waterboard Khalid Sheik Mohammed by stating: "Damn right." Does it get any clearer t ...

If anyone in the world has thought about all of the ins and outs of torture and why Americans shouldn't do it, John McCain is the man. If anyone understands torture, he does. I don't think Rick Santorum will live that one down, politically. ...

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to this point... ...

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Too many ending up dead connected to the DNC. ...

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Canada investigating US officials over torture: report

I see where Canada might be trying to exonerate themselves - Backwards Typist

The bottom line is this: Sure, Canada may have - sm

Maher Arar - interesting

Do you really believe we are the only country who did this? - Backwards Typist

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