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		<title>Cheney culture redux</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/02/cheney-culture-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheney is trying, in short, to draw us back into the same tiresome debate over the efficacy of torture, which is about as compelling as a debate about the efficacy of slavery or Jim Crow laws. Only fools debate whether &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/02/cheney-culture-redux/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Dick Cheney is hated</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/31/why-dick-cheney-is-hated/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/31/why-dick-cheney-is-hated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conor Friedersdorf, writing in The Atlantic, describes, in great detail and with ample citations exactly why Dick Cheney is loathed by so many.  Lies about WMD, lies about an Iraq/Al-Qaeda connection, impassioned support for torture, and on and on. Well &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/31/why-dick-cheney-is-hated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/09/torture-quote-of-the-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/09/torture-quote-of-the-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most importantly, we should be talking about the morality of torture, not its efficacy. When the U.S. infantry becomes bogged down in a tough battle, they don&#8217;t turn to chemical weapons even though they are extremely effective. The reason they &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/09/torture-quote-of-the-day-6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At least some of the constitution remains intact</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/04/at-least-some-of-the-constitution-remains-intact/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/04/at-least-some-of-the-constitution-remains-intact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the AP: A judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq to sue former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld personally for damages. Related articles Judge Allows Torture &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/04/at-least-some-of-the-constitution-remains-intact/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Splitting the baby</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/01/splitting-the-baby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Justice Department will investigate the deaths of two prisoners under the control of the CIA for possible criminal violations. Good step. But what the DOJ gives with one hand, they more than take away with the other. The &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/01/splitting-the-baby/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/12/torture-quote-of-the-day-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mistreatment of enemy prisoners endangers our own troops, who might someday be held captive. While some enemies, and al-Qaeda surely, will never be bound by the principle of reciprocity, we should have concern for those Americans captured by more conventional &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/12/torture-quote-of-the-day-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture doesn&#8217;t work</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/11/torture-doesnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/11/torture-doesnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Barry Rithotz has written a very comprehensive round-up of evidence.]]></description>
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		<title>Torture quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/10/torture-quote-of-the-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/10/torture-quote-of-the-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 11:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a subject I know something about. I was a student at the DIA interrogation school i[n] 1969. I worked as an interrogator/debriefer for three years after that working for the DIA. One of the first things we discussed &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/10/torture-quote-of-the-day-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Was the bin Laden killing legal?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/07/was-bin-laden-killing-legal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 12:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is yes. For purposes of international law, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly provides states with a right of self-defense: Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/07/was-bin-laden-killing-legal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain: torture didn&#8217;t work</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/05/john-mccain-torture-didnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/05/john-mccain-torture-didnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far I know of no information that was obtained, that would have been useful, by ‘advanced interrogation.’ In fact, according to published reports … some of the key people who knew about this courrier denied it. Where there is &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/05/john-mccain-torture-didnt-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torture is torture</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/04/torture-is-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=12999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Bush administration officials, including the despicable John Yoo who authored legal memoranda authorizing torture, are claiming that the &#8220;enhanced interrogation techniques&#8221; aka torture implemented by the Bush administration is responsible for the killing of bin Laden. This is not &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/04/torture-is-torture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did bin Laden win?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/03/did-bin-laden-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=12992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden is now dead. Good. But is it possible that he lost the battle but won the war? I think so. The changes that this country has put itself through since 9/11 are awesome and negative. Radley Belko &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/03/did-bin-laden-win/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who is the criminal?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/13/who-is-the-criminal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<title>The New York Times finally wakes up</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/15/the-new-york-times-finally-wakes-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a supposedly intelligent and responsible newspaper, the New York Times is sometimes scandalously slow in getting the point. I have written about the abuse of Private Manning before. Yesterday, finally, the Times catches on and decides to call out &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/15/the-new-york-times-finally-wakes-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yet again, Obama = Bush (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/12/yet-again-obama-bush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private Bradley Manning is accused of leaking secret documents to Wikileaks. He is being held in a brig in solitary confinement for months. Now his jailers have started requiring the his clothing be removed at night and other unusual and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/12/yet-again-obama-bush/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MIA: the rule of law</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/18/mia-the-rule-of-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is happening in this country?  Do you think that, in a nation that purports apply the law to all citizens equally, that a citizen seized by the government within the United States should have a right to have he &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/18/mia-the-rule-of-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s Vice President</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/06/egypts-vice-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Omar Suleiman is the recently appointed Vice President of Egypt. And there is some support from the United States to have him assume the Presidency on an interim basis should Mubarak eventually resign. But how big an improvement for the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/06/egypts-vice-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How we stay &#8220;secure&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/how-we-stay-secure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Englehardt describes the US security state: Of course, the U.S. national security state has quite a different formula for engendering safety in America: fight the Afghan war until hell freezes over; keep the odd base or two in Iraq; &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/how-we-stay-secure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration actively fought torture probe</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/obama-administration-actively-fought-torture-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia One of the items revealed in the Wikileaks document dump is that the Obama administration (and several prominent Republicans) actively intervened in Spain to block a probe of American torture policy under the Bush Administration as it was &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/obama-administration-actively-fought-torture-probe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Looking forward&#8221; on torture</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/28/looking-forward-on-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cole, writing in the New York Review of Books, explains why Obama&#8217;s effort to &#8220;look forward&#8221; and not backward on the torture committed by the Bush administration, will fail and that a full accounting, at a minimum, is necessary &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/28/looking-forward-on-torture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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