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Friday, May 15, 2009 12:00 AM

Cheney's torture trap for Democrats

The debate in Washington has shifted from whether torture is wrong to what Nancy Pelosi knew about it. Did the former vice president win yet another bureaucratic war?

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  • Friday, May 15, 2009 06:50 PM

    The Media's torture trap for the Public

    If there is any blame to go around here, lay it on the Media, which is promoting this "debate in Washington", as it has too many other political idiocies in the past. These days, the Press seems to prefer fiction to objective journalism. Obviously, the Papers are struggling to survive economically, but slackening their standards of reporting should never be an accepted solution, just as, martially, loosening morals should not be allowed when danger of attack impends.

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