Category: long story short

“Ashcroft said it was not the Justice Department’s policy to define torture. “But he did say the international rules governing treatment of detainees did not apply to groups like al Qaeda since only countries are signatories to the treaty.” (Article) And are they similarly not bound to avoid torturing Americans?

FliG blows the lid of Kerry’s next big scandal, here.

From AARP Bulletin. … Trent Lott of Mississippi, announced he would stop voting against allowing Americans to buy lower-cost prescription drugs from abroad. “I cannot explain to my mother any longer,” he said, “why she should pay twice or two-thirds more than what is paid in Canada or Mexico.” Hmm… .twice or two-thirds more? She…

“Under the earliest prewar plans by the U.S. military, Baghdad’s infrastructure was to be rebuilt by last August, with elections to be held last September and the troops leaving by October.” Toronto Globe and Mail

Article 17 of the Third Convention says, in part, that “No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to any unpleasant or…

The problem isn’t what we’re seeing. The problem is that we have eyes. (hat tip to jfern on dailykos for pointing this story out.)