And, yes, I DO take it personally: Salon's Joan Walsh on Mukasey and waterboarding: "Torture is torture"

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Salon's Joan Walsh on Mukasey and waterboarding: "Torture is torture"

joan walsh at salon...

Torture is torture no matter what its context or purpose. We need an attorney general who knows that.

I saw this video earlier this year when I first visited Current TV, and I couldn't get it out of my head. I'm glad to have it here. It's disturbing, but it makes Mukasey's dodge that much more outrageous.

let's get REAL, folks, and stop our implicit consent to having torture propagandized as mainstream, rational public policy... it's not... it's TORTURE...

Labels: Abu Ghraib, detainee rights, Geneva Convention, Guantánamo, secret detention, torture, U.N. Convention against Torture, waterboarding