Monday, June 23, 2008

Vox Versi: Torture Redux

"The United States does not torture."--Charlatan's repeated assertion to the press

VERSUS

The eleven released detainees examined were subject to cruelties that ranged from isolation, sleep deprivation and hooding to electric shocks, beating and, in one case, being forced to drink urine.--2008 Report by Physcians for Human Rights

"The commander in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture." --General Anthony Taguba, 2004 DOD investigation