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Torture memo remix

Jonathan Mann writes a song a day. Today’s song uses text liberated from the recently released Bush torture memos. Specifically, he uses language detailing the 183 instances in which waterboarding was used against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. You can find the lyrics here. While we’re on the subject of torture, it’s probably also worth mentioning that […]

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I’m tired, so let’s have an open thread

I had great plans for tonight’s post. I was going to weave asparagus cultivation, the prosecution of Bush administration officials, the existence of bailout fraud and the curative properties of Vitamin D all together into one perfect, little Chinese puzzle box of a post. And I had it all worked out as to how I […]

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But, what if 267 was the lucky number?

Was I the only one to read the New York Times article today on the two al Qaeda members who were waterboarded a total of 266 times by the CIA, and wonder if maybe we would have gotten some really incredible intelligence had we tried it just one more time? I mean, who stops at […]

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