Monday, June 2, 2008

War on Torture

The Justice Department has released a 370-page report on the government’s use of torture. It gives credence to many reports made by sources outside the Main Stream Media. The FBI has expressed outrage at the torture techniques employed particularly because they have proven ineffective.

Why have the Agencies waited a decade to report this? For the first time there is a possibility many of their employees will face prosecution for crimes against humanity and murder.

Previously, they had operated without fear of punishment. President Bush has issued many directives to define torture to his lights and to absolve potential perpetrators from guilt. After the Supreme Court failed to back up the various bans that make torture illegal, it ceased to protect ordinary citizens from this abuse.

Many media workers also knew the massive and widespread nature of the crimes, but chose to sanitize them or to cover them completely. The media supports the claim that torture is effective. They maintain those who resist torture as a national policy are anti-American maybe even traitors.

This spin on torture has infected many US voters. The Republican nominee is an advocate of torture.

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