Joke of the Day

So, this fisherman gets back to Woods Hole after a month at sea, and his wife greets him at the dock. After kissing him, she says, "Honey, while you were gone, Eunice and Teddy Kennedy died", and he says, "Oh no! Was Teddy driving?"

There Is No Way This Was Not "Torture"

The ACLU has obtained the CIA memo from December of 2004 detailing how to "interrogate" suspects of terrorism.

And the ACLU has made it available to us (PDF).

As tempting as it would be to slam the perpetrators' heads against a wall (one of the techniques), including that of Dick Cheney, I'd settle for prosecution.

Read the memo when you're not already feeling particularly nauseous.

Stop the Torture

Pursuant to my previous post, Amnesty International is holding a letter-writing campaign to stop the torture.

From the stock letter:

- Ensure accountability for torture and abuse, as required by law. Set up or support an independent commission of inquiry to investigate torture and other human rights violations committed by the U.S. government in the name of countering terrorism; ensure that all those who break the law are prosecuted ; and ensure redress and remedy to victims;

- Reject indefinite detention and unfair military commissions. Guantanamo detainees must either be charged with a crime and fairly tried in U.S. federal court, without recourse to the death penalty, or be released, to countries where their human rights will be respected;

- Bring U.S. detentions at Bagram and other U.S. facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq into compliance with international law and human rights standards;

- Close all possible loopholes for torture and other ill-treatment, and end any use of rendition and secret detention by or on behalf of the U.S. authorities anywhere.

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