In Case You Missed It, the Third Week of April
Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week. The shortcomings of mainstream journalism were exposed this week as seen in the coverage of the rapidly developing parallel stories coming in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. It began [...]
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THE MORAL HAZARDS OF TORTURE
Since the killing of Osama bin Laden in May, proponents of enhanced interrogation and torture have again raised their voices claiming vindication for their hawkish policies. It is far from clear that these techniques actually led directly to the whereabouts [...]
Tags: Amnesty International, Black Sites, Blaine Skrainka, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Foreign Policy, Kyle Foggo, Maher Arar, Moral Conflicts, Osama bin Laden, The Wild Magazine, Torture, world
