HE WHO HUNTS THE DRAGON BECOMES THE DRAGON

"Torture has never been a reliable means of extracting information...it is ultimately self-defeating as a means of control...and so one wonders why it is still practiced. The only possible reason must be...pleasure."

Captain Picard from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Al Qaeda captives held at overseas CIA interrogation centers, which are completely off-limits to reporters, lawyers and outside agencies, are routinely "softened up"--that is, beaten--by US Army Special Forces before interrogation, as well as thrown against walls, hooded, deprived of sleep, bombarded with light and bound in painful positions with duct tape. "If you don't violate someone's human rights some of the time, you probably aren't doing your job," one official said"

And it's a whole lot worse than that. The Nation reports on how America ratchets Harry Callahan's Dilemma (see my post on Thursday) up a few more notches. This is pretty disturbing. This is not America, at least not the one that I know. Click here.

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