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The Holder trial balloon: Abu Ghraib redux

Arguably, prosecuting low-level torturers while shielding powerful policy makers would be worse than doing nothing.

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  • Sunday, July 12, 2009 07:22 AM

    Holder prosecutions on NPR

    On a brief piece on NPR at the top of the hour, they described what was done to detainees as "harsh interrogation techniques, some of which have historically been considered torture".

    Some progress, but not enough. I would have, at least, added "and legally" to "historically".

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