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The NYT calls Iranian interrogation tactics "torture"

Techniques which the paper refuses to call "torture" when used by the U.S. magically transform when used by others.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Saturday, July 4, 2009 04:36 AM

    My letter to the NYT

    Dear Editors,

    I'm really puzzled - the practices mentioned in your story about Iran:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/middleeast/04confess.html

    are all perfectly legal in the United States. No government official will ever be investigated for these practices. We have been told this by President Obama himself. Why is it wrong for the Iranian government to use these methods? Maybe US-Iran detente can be promoted by sharing knowledge about these techniques?

    {excerpt of article detailing torture followed, not reproduced here.}

    Sincerely

    —macgupta Read macgupta's other letters

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