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  • Jon Stewart Interviews Cliff May On Torture

    Jon Stewart interviews Cliff May in an entertaining discussion on enhanced interrogation techniques and the torture memos. Both sides are well represented. Well worth watching. April 28, 2009: Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 1 April 28, 2009: Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 April 28, 2009: Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 3

  • Quote of the Day — Christopher Hitchens

    [Waterboarding] opens a door that cannot be closed. Once you have posed the notorious “ticking bomb” question, and once you assume that you are in the right, what will you not do? Waterboarding not getting results fast enough? The terrorist’s clock still ticking? Well, then, bring on the thumbscrews and the pincers and the electrodes…

  • Quote of the Day — Michael Yon

    There is no way to know how many American lives were lost in Iraq due to the tortures we inflicted upon Iraqis at Abu Ghraib and other places. This is no argument of moral equivalence. I have seen the atrocities committed by al Qaeda and other terrorists, and I am not saying that Americans have…

  • The Torture Playlist

    Our military prisons play the “torture playlist” to wear down prisoners. Let’s see… Barney theme song, check. Meow Mix TV commercial, check. Sesame Street theme song, check. Staying Alive by the Bee Gees, check. What were you expecting? Oh, I probably should warn you. If you follow the link, you’ll likely be offended by the…

  • Nuclear deterrence and torture

    Is there a relationship between the nuclear deterrence policy of Mutual Assured Destruction and torture? In other words, if I support MAD should I support torture? Or, if I oppose torture, should I oppose MAD? Eugene Volokh discusses these questions. Would you say: Look, killing millions of civilians is just patently depraved, the ends don’t…