Showing posts with label Torture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Torture. Show all posts
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Jose Rodriguez, Ex-CIA Officer: Sick F*ck of the Day
The retired top CIA officer who ordered the destruction of videos showing waterboarding says in a new book that he was tired of waiting for Washington's bureaucracy to make a decision that protected American lives...
..."I wasn't going to sit around another three years waiting for people to get up the courage," to do what CIA lawyers said he had the authority to do himself, Rodriguez writes. He describes sending the order in November 2005 as "just getting rid of some ugly visuals."
Read more here.
Friday, March 02, 2012
Harper and Co. ok with the use of torture..again
There are some very sick, cowardly fucks in charge of Canada right now.
The federal government has given Canada's spy service the go-ahead to provide information to foreign agencies even when there is a "substantial risk" it will lead to torture, a newly released document shows.
Read more here.
The federal government has given Canada's spy service the go-ahead to provide information to foreign agencies even when there is a "substantial risk" it will lead to torture, a newly released document shows.
Read more here.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Public Safety Minister Vic Towes: F*ck you and all you stand for
Are Canadians “OK” with torture? Our government is, apparently. In a 2010 letter that has only just come to light, Public Safety Minister Vic Towes decreed that the government would accept intelligence that might be derived from torture by third parties. The Minister cautions that “Canada does not condone torture,” which is a bit like saying that one is opposed to shoplifting on principle … but, should a friend steal something of particular interest, well that’s another story.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Conservative torture porn classic 24 coming to the big screen
It’s been chatted about ever since the eighth and final season of the show came to an end a year or two back, but it looks like the film version of 24 is finally happening.
Kiefer Sutherland, Mr Jack Bauer himself, confirmed the news to TVLine, telling the site that the movie was set to start filming “at the end of April, beginning of May”. That firmly points towards a summer 2013 release, although that’s not been confirmed by anyone. That’s just us playing our highly reliable guessing games.
Read more here.
Kiefer Sutherland, Mr Jack Bauer himself, confirmed the news to TVLine, telling the site that the movie was set to start filming “at the end of April, beginning of May”. That firmly points towards a summer 2013 release, although that’s not been confirmed by anyone. That’s just us playing our highly reliable guessing games.
Read more here.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
The former director of CSIS Jim Judd, is one sick f*ck
Mr. Judd, you are one dangerous and twisted individual.
Canada’s spy agency was so reliant on information obtained through torture that it suggested the whole security certificate regime, used to control suspected terrorists in the country, would fall apart if they couldn’t use it.
That’s the essence of a letter written in 2008 by the former director of CSIS, Jim Judd, obtained by The Gazette.
It suggests a disturbing acceptance by the national security agency of torture as a legitimate strategy to counter terrorism.
These kind of people are as great a danger to civilization as any terrorist.
Read more here.
Canada’s spy agency was so reliant on information obtained through torture that it suggested the whole security certificate regime, used to control suspected terrorists in the country, would fall apart if they couldn’t use it.
That’s the essence of a letter written in 2008 by the former director of CSIS, Jim Judd, obtained by The Gazette.
It suggests a disturbing acceptance by the national security agency of torture as a legitimate strategy to counter terrorism.
These kind of people are as great a danger to civilization as any terrorist.
Read more here.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sick f*cks at Republican debate cheer for torture (again)
Repulsive
Cain also provided one of the most striking moments when he argued in favor of the use of "enhanced interrogation" -- including the now-rejected technique of waterboarding -- in the fight against terrorism, a proposal that is likely to outrage many who thought the era of American-sponsored torture was over.
Attempting to parse his answer by suggesting that he did "not agree with torture, period," but instead supported "enhanced interrogation," Cain said he would rely on the military to decide which techniques were acceptable.
"I will trust the judgment of our military to determine what is torture and what is not torture," Cain said. Asked about waterboarding in particular, he replied, "I would return to that policy. I don't see it as torture, I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique."
Read more here.
Cain also provided one of the most striking moments when he argued in favor of the use of "enhanced interrogation" -- including the now-rejected technique of waterboarding -- in the fight against terrorism, a proposal that is likely to outrage many who thought the era of American-sponsored torture was over.
Attempting to parse his answer by suggesting that he did "not agree with torture, period," but instead supported "enhanced interrogation," Cain said he would rely on the military to decide which techniques were acceptable.
"I will trust the judgment of our military to determine what is torture and what is not torture," Cain said. Asked about waterboarding in particular, he replied, "I would return to that policy. I don't see it as torture, I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique."
Read more here.
Friday, August 05, 2011
UK torture probe deems too little by critics
Campaigners and lawyers acting for former detainees say they will boycott an inquiry into the alleged torture and mistreatment of UK terror suspects.
Sir Peter Gibson's detainee rendition inquiry is due to start at the end of an ongoing police investigation.
But 10 campaign groups said the process lacked credibility and transparency, and too much would remain secret.
An inquiry spokeswoman said the decision was regrettable but confirmed it would still go ahead.
Read more here.
Sir Peter Gibson's detainee rendition inquiry is due to start at the end of an ongoing police investigation.
But 10 campaign groups said the process lacked credibility and transparency, and too much would remain secret.
An inquiry spokeswoman said the decision was regrettable but confirmed it would still go ahead.
Read more here.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Syria, the world is watching
Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, a round-faced 13-year-old boy, was arrested at a protest in Jiza, a southern Syrian village near Dara’a, on April 29. Nothing was known of him for a month before his mutilated corpse was returned to his family on the condition, according to activists, that they never speak of his brutal end.
But the remains themselves testify all too clearly to ghastly torture. Video posted online shows his battered, purple face. His skin is scrawled with cuts, gashes, deep burns and bullet wounds that would probably have injured but not killed. His jaw and kneecaps are shattered, according to an unidentified narrator, and his penis chopped off.
“These are the reforms of the treacherous Bashar,” the narrator says. “Where are human rights? Where are the international criminal tribunals?”
Read more here.
But the remains themselves testify all too clearly to ghastly torture. Video posted online shows his battered, purple face. His skin is scrawled with cuts, gashes, deep burns and bullet wounds that would probably have injured but not killed. His jaw and kneecaps are shattered, according to an unidentified narrator, and his penis chopped off.
“These are the reforms of the treacherous Bashar,” the narrator says. “Where are human rights? Where are the international criminal tribunals?”
Read more here.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Rick Santorum: Idiot of the Day
Rick Santorum, torture lover and all around sick fuck, is at it again...
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Btw, don't Google Rick's name...ever.
Read more here.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Btw, don't Google Rick's name...ever.
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Some of our so called leaders want to drag us all back to barbarism
I realize this is just Liz Cheney, a woman so sweet even Himmler would have said "Lighten up", but this is the level some in the so called "ruling class" want to drag us to to.
That, and it helps keep Daddy from any pesky war crimes trial.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Morally Bankrupt Americans: Eric Bolling on the Fox Business show
More cowardly conservatives push for more torture.
If, just for a moment you find yourself listening to this, and agreeing that torture is just the teeniest bit ok, then the "War on Terror" has claimed other victim.
That victim would be you.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Morally Bankrupt North Americans: Republican Presidential candidates
Take a moment here to let it sink in what these people are discussing...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Sam Harris clairifies his position on torture: Um, like I said, I'm against it...except when I'm not. Understand?
When philosophers go bad. Not many can balance that many angels on that small a pin.
I have long maintained a page on my website where I address various distortions, misunderstandings, and criticisms of my work. I take it to be either a sign of carelessness or masochism on my part that this page is the #1 Google search result for the phrase "response to controversy." Surely, I need not have courted quite so much controversy. But there it is.
Read more here.
I have long maintained a page on my website where I address various distortions, misunderstandings, and criticisms of my work. I take it to be either a sign of carelessness or masochism on my part that this page is the #1 Google search result for the phrase "response to controversy." Surely, I need not have courted quite so much controversy. But there it is.
Read more here.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sam Harris: I don't condone torture...but...
What's more dangerous than a thug who supports torture?
An intellectual who does.
Sam Harris has always given me the creeps. Just as some ulta religious seem fanatically dangerous when they speak, Mr. Harris shares this trait, only on the atheist side.
He spends a lot of verbiage to essentially say: I'm against torture, really I am...oh except when I'm not.
Read more here.
An intellectual who does.
Sam Harris has always given me the creeps. Just as some ulta religious seem fanatically dangerous when they speak, Mr. Harris shares this trait, only on the atheist side.
He spends a lot of verbiage to essentially say: I'm against torture, really I am...oh except when I'm not.
Read more here.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Morally Bankrupt Leaders succeed in corrupting American's youth
Congratulations. You've managed to twist your young into soulless monsters such as yourselves.
You must be so proud. It's a massive step backwards, but that's your ultimate goal, now isn't it?
Americans’ opinions on torture seem to have fractured, and largely on generational lines. A new study by the American Red Cross obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast found that a surprising majority—almost 60 percent—of American teenagers thought things like water-boarding or sleep deprivation are sometimes acceptable. More than half also approved of killing captured enemies in cases where the enemy had killed Americans. When asked about the reverse, 41 percent thought it was permissible for American troops to be tortured overseas. In all cases, young people showed themselves to be significantly more in favor of torture than older adults.
It is repulsive to think that some in power actually thought is was something that should be up for debate. If this belief holds as these teenagers grow up, the problem will only grow as the century progresses and they obtain positions of power.
If it become policy, the West deserves everything it gets*.
* "wasn't Justin Bieber enough?"
Read more here.
You must be so proud. It's a massive step backwards, but that's your ultimate goal, now isn't it?
Americans’ opinions on torture seem to have fractured, and largely on generational lines. A new study by the American Red Cross obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast found that a surprising majority—almost 60 percent—of American teenagers thought things like water-boarding or sleep deprivation are sometimes acceptable. More than half also approved of killing captured enemies in cases where the enemy had killed Americans. When asked about the reverse, 41 percent thought it was permissible for American troops to be tortured overseas. In all cases, young people showed themselves to be significantly more in favor of torture than older adults.
It is repulsive to think that some in power actually thought is was something that should be up for debate. If this belief holds as these teenagers grow up, the problem will only grow as the century progresses and they obtain positions of power.
If it become policy, the West deserves everything it gets*.
* "wasn't Justin Bieber enough?"
Read more here.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Obama's stand on Gitmo gives John Yoo a chance to gloat
Disgusting.
Torture enabler John Yoo sighs in relief. No war crimes trial for him....
The Obama administration's anti-war campaign rhetoric and naive first-year promises continue to collide with reality. And happily, reality continues to prevail. The Obama administration has finally admitted, I think, that the Bush administration's decision to detain al Qaeda operatives and terrorists at Gitmo was sensible. It wasn't driven by some bizarre desire to mistreat terrorists, but instead was the best way to address security concerns without keeping them in Afghanistan or inside the United States.
" It wasn't driven by some bizarre desire to mistreat terrorists". Maybe so, but it sure was a benefit, now wasn't it John?
Read more here.
Torture enabler John Yoo sighs in relief. No war crimes trial for him....
The Obama administration's anti-war campaign rhetoric and naive first-year promises continue to collide with reality. And happily, reality continues to prevail. The Obama administration has finally admitted, I think, that the Bush administration's decision to detain al Qaeda operatives and terrorists at Gitmo was sensible. It wasn't driven by some bizarre desire to mistreat terrorists, but instead was the best way to address security concerns without keeping them in Afghanistan or inside the United States.
" It wasn't driven by some bizarre desire to mistreat terrorists". Maybe so, but it sure was a benefit, now wasn't it John?
Read more here.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
WikiLeaks: Americans pressured Spain to drop torture probe
No big surprise here. War crimes can be *so* embarrassing.
The American media on this story: crickets.
In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. A "confidential" April 17, 2009, cable sent from the US embassy in Madrid to the State Department—one of the 251,287 cables obtained by WikiLeaks—details how the Obama administration, working with Republicans, leaned on Spain to derail this potential prosecution.
Read more here and here.
The American media on this story: crickets.
In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. A "confidential" April 17, 2009, cable sent from the US embassy in Madrid to the State Department—one of the 251,287 cables obtained by WikiLeaks—details how the Obama administration, working with Republicans, leaned on Spain to derail this potential prosecution.
Read more here and here.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Marc Theissen, torture pervert, thinks we should invade Sweden
In a civilized world, Mr. Theissen would be behind bars.
In a civilized world....
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