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Q&A: Torture and ‘enhanced interrogation’

Posted on January 22, 2015August 16, 2022 by Mr. Lakhaney

The US uses pain and force against terror prisoners, and argues it is all perfectly legal. Mark Tran explains

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/18/usa.terrorism

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Posted in Ethics, Knowledge and Politics, LanguageTagged Euphemism, Language and Ethics, Orwell, Torture

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Watch: George Carlin on soft language

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