Outsourcing the torture

And by linking to the The New Yorker: Outsourcing the torture I am not implying that all detainees are innocent teenagers from Canada ... but surely there needs to be safeguards against whisking people away to be tortured by other countries AND people like George W Bush should be human enough to admit that it happens and stop it. Denying it isn't pretty.

And just to stop the "Stop bashing the Yanks!" comments coming in - look at where the story is reported. On them for taking an exhaustive look at the dark-side of themselves.

And the Aussies have their own version - becoming more and more like their bigger buddy every day.

Original link above from Russel Brown's "Hard News" blog of today - there's quite a few good uns.

Comments

Popular articles

Name The Player

The Difference Between One Million And One Billion

Make Your Public Event Calendar Usable To All

W. C. Fields quotes

Part 3 of the tape listings