When is Torture Torture and When is Torture Not?
Answer: When it occurs in Guantánamo, it is; and when it occurs in Frankfurt, it is not. See my new article in Policy Review magazine here.
posted by John Rosenthal at 6:52 PM
Friday, December 05, 2008
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