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Naomi Wolf interview - Russia Today. RE: Torture, Gitmo, Bush, Obama
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html
When about two dozen veterans got together yesterday for the first time since the 1940s, many of the proud men lamented the chasm between the way they conducted interrogations during the war and the harsh measures used today in questioning terrorism suspects.
Back then, they and their commanders wrestled with the morality of bugging prisoners' cells with listening devices. They felt bad about censoring letters. They took prisoners out for steak dinners to soften them up. They played games with them.
"We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture," said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.
When about two dozen veterans got together yesterday for the first time since the 1940s, many of the proud men lamented the chasm between the way they conducted interrogations during the war and the harsh measures used today in questioning terrorism suspects.
Back then, they and their commanders wrestled with the morality of bugging prisoners' cells with listening devices. They felt bad about censoring letters. They took prisoners out for steak dinners to soften them up. They played games with them.
"We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture," said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.
We need people like her to keep reminding Democrats that Obama hasn't done away with all the Bush policies. He's still pushing for no transparency within our government, still keeping us involved in the Middle East, etc. The police state seems to be coming. Hopefully people will listen to individuals like Ms. Wolf and we can stop this.
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Well, the one thing Ms. Wolf doesn't get is that this police state we have now started well before George W. Bush. It accelerated under Bush, but it was there before he came into office. Anyone who doubts that should ask the survivors of Waco or Mr. Randy Weaver.
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Good interview. I like most of what I see out of RT, but then again that's only a very small percent that is liberty orientated.
Good point.
