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37. No, not kidding.

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7 Most Shocking Things in the CIA Torture Report (It's Even Worse Than We Thought) [View all] Hissyspit Dec 2014 OP

It's interesting Aerows Dec 2014 #1

I remember a time when this would have been one of the most important things DU ever discussed. nt Hissyspit Dec 2014 #3

I know Aerows Dec 2014 #9

I agree with you genxlib Dec 2014 #84

Right on. Stardust Dec 2014 #87

It's also one of the few times I felt sick reading the news. deafskeptic Dec 2014 #116

I mostly stay on the Greatest Threads and Latest Threads pages... Pacifist Patriot Dec 2014 #10

Indeed n/t Aerows Dec 2014 #12

My guess is that people aren't really shocked War Horse Dec 2014 #29

Thanks Aerows Dec 2014 #30

+ 1,000 suffragette Dec 2014 #91

I hope your interpretation is the correct one. Hissyspit Dec 2014 #32

I think what's worse is that we are all more jaded. I don't think this is the true measure of Pisces Dec 2014 #92

Seems like your link is missing (if you intended one) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #2

Fixed. Thanks. nt Hissyspit Dec 2014 #4

But the real point is nichomachus Dec 2014 #5

Pelosi did something. She said, "Impeachment is off the table." Enthusiast Dec 2014 #48

Good damn point . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #58

Nobody responds because there is nothing to say other than the obvious Blecht Dec 2014 #6

Hey Aerows Dec 2014 #14

Hi Blecht Dec 2014 #109

Me too Aerows Dec 2014 #110

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2014 #7

"Shocked" in the Casablanca sense, of course. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #8

A Senate Report Aerows Dec 2014 #11

The International Committee of the Red Cross is not a "random source." True Blue Door Dec 2014 #21

Oh, I agree Aerows Dec 2014 #25

Good one. calimary Dec 2014 #46

hard to imagine marions ghost Dec 2014 #13

Unfortunately Aerows Dec 2014 #17

There are those who are sociopaths. And then there are those who are not sociopaths, but msanthrope Dec 2014 #63

I think I get marions ghost Dec 2014 #99

Where are they now? Could be living down the block or in our towns in a place of power lunasun Dec 2014 #83

It is important to realize marions ghost Dec 2014 #108

It looks like they turned to Israel nilesobek Dec 2014 #105

Look up the Milgram experiments Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #106

Disagree somewhat marions ghost Dec 2014 #107

Can you give me a cite on that replication? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #117

You'll have to look up the studies marions ghost Dec 2014 #119

Thanks Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #120

Kick and rec for visibility, hifiguy Dec 2014 #15

Not to mention 4,900 pages of shit so horrible that it had to be redacted. Scuba Dec 2014 #16

I think the "rectal feeding" Aerows Dec 2014 #19

You're kidding, right? derby378 Dec 2014 #23

What HASN'T been redacted Aerows Dec 2014 #27

wondering if the redactions are the NAMES of those hopemountain Dec 2014 #67

The whole business Aerows Dec 2014 #68

same here. for some of us, it is numbing. hopemountain Dec 2014 #72

No, not kidding. Scuba Dec 2014 #37

About 6,000 pages, 480 of which are released in the summary form Posteritatis Dec 2014 #44

Well, since MY tax dollars paid for all of these interrogations... derby378 Dec 2014 #45

I wonder if the interogation of Sheik Khalid Mohammed's children azurnoir Dec 2014 #40

Irony. It seems Americans are the only ones who didn't know this shit. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #18

Why is it I am not surprised? gordianot Dec 2014 #20

K&R stage left Dec 2014 #22

People should go to jail over this. gollygee Dec 2014 #24

If anyone does Aerows Dec 2014 #26

Didn't Obama call these people patriots? Autumn Dec 2014 #33

Obama stopped the torture program on his first day in the White House. Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #42

Did he or did he not call them patriots? Let me answer that for you. Yes he did. n/t Autumn Dec 2014 #50

Yes he sure as hell did. cwydro Dec 2014 #52

Yes, he did call them patriots. And, for my part, I think this is still going on.. truth2power Dec 2014 #56

Yes, he did. woo me with science Dec 2014 #112

Whoever our Torquemadas are, they need to be identified and put Cleita Dec 2014 #28

This is what we do. Does anyone out there care? Autumn Dec 2014 #31

1. Should read: tortured to death grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #34

And this just covers what the CIA did Oilwellian Dec 2014 #35

K & R AzDar Dec 2014 #36

Nothing in this report surpries me azurnoir Dec 2014 #38

K & R and I'm afraid Lifelong Protester Dec 2014 #39

K & R Hun Joro Dec 2014 #41

Ashamed. Heartbroken. Embarrassed. Tatiana Dec 2014 #43

You're not alone, Tatiana. calimary Dec 2014 #47

Kicked Enthusiast Dec 2014 #49

Just like WWII had Josef Mengele doing pain and torture experiments LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #51

^^^THIS^^^ Auggie Dec 2014 #53

If it's not enough... kacekwl Dec 2014 #54

K&R WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #55

The Americans responsible for doing this have to go to jail for their crimes . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #57

If you think we won't be torturing anymore ...I have a bridge to sell you. L0oniX Dec 2014 #59

The neocons have fucked this country up. blackspade Dec 2014 #60

K&R n/t catchnrelease Dec 2014 #61

Eric Holder Is going to do nothing warrant46 Dec 2014 #62

i wonder drray23 Dec 2014 #77

The ruling class marches in lockstep on this one warrant46 Dec 2014 #89

left out the $7 billion paid to psychologists vlyons Dec 2014 #64

7 Billion? genxlib Dec 2014 #82

The shocking list at the Mother Jones article is even worse than AlterNet's. countryjake Dec 2014 #65

Just think.... paleotn Dec 2014 #66

Disgusting. Can't wait for that chimpmeister Bush to be arrested and tried for war crimes under the Warren Administration. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2014 #69

Here's hoping George W. Bush lives to a ripe old age . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #73

The report also says Bush was kept in the dark by the CIA until 2006. OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2014 #100

Do you genuinely believe that to be true? another_liberal Dec 2014 #101

What part? OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2014 #102

Well said . . . another_liberal Dec 2014 #103

Disgusting. Can't wait for that chimpmeister Bush to be arrested and tried for war crimes under the Warren Administration. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2014 #70

Disgusting. Can't wait for that chimpmeister Bush to be arrested and tried for war crimes under the Warren Administration. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2014 #71

K & R (n/t) bread_and_roses Dec 2014 #74

The torture was never meant to reveal information. Kablooie Dec 2014 #75

That, apparently, is what many Americans really wanted, too. Hissyspit Dec 2014 #81

So both murder and rape are permissible if done by the government Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #76

Barry will retreat into the woodwork on this one warrant46 Dec 2014 #90

"Rectal feeding" - that just sounds so wrong on so many levels. Initech Dec 2014 #78

k and r and bookmarking for later. have had about all the horrors I can take tonight. niyad Dec 2014 #79

K&R ReRe Dec 2014 #80

I am enraged. F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #85

Isn't Gitmo still open? Didn't they have a hunger strike a while back? my morning pages Dec 2014 #86

It's not still happening. CJCRANE Dec 2014 #88

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #94

And how do we know "It's not still happening"?? rhett o rick Dec 2014 #98

K&R for truth. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2014 #93

Kick. Iggo Dec 2014 #95

0. 7 Most Shocking Things in the CIA Torture Report (It's Even Worse Than We Thought) wagepeace Dec 2014 #96

If there is a hell, Bush, Cheney, Yoo, Rummie, Rice, lark Dec 2014 #97

If there's a hell, we're all going! LOL. Iggo Dec 2014 #113

Agree . Better to get them now than " later " lunasun Dec 2014 #114

K&R for exposure. JEB Dec 2014 #104

kick woo me with science Dec 2014 #111

Beyond what this did to the victims whom are protected under the Geneva Convention, what did this do mother earth Dec 2014 #115

Let's be honest - if the skin colors of the victims and perpetrators of this were reversed, KitSileya Dec 2014 #118

kick woo me with science Dec 2014 #121