Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the Obama decision to release secret memo's from the Bush Administration regarding the use of torture you have to ask "Is this really torture?"
One memo, dated August 2002, authorized 10 special interrogation techniques for use against Al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah, including waterboarding. Under this interrogation technique, the suspect is placed on a board or table with his feet above his head, a cloth is draped over the nose and mouth, and water is poured over his face. In the memo, then Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee also authorized slapping, pushing, confinement in a small, dark space, painful stress positions, and sleep deprivation for up to 11 days. It also approved a request to lock Abu Zubaydah in a confinement box with an insect. It appears Zubaydah has a fear of being stung by an insect.
Whatever happened to good old bamboo shoots under the fingernails or battery cables hooked up to Mr. Johnson? Slapping and pushing is torture? Sounds like most marriages. If this is what gets terrorists to talk I don't think we need to worry about a mass invasion. Show them some reality TV, listen to some rap crap and watch Detroit play football and they would leave screaming.
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