Vestal: Calling torture by right name

• Item: ACLU sues psychologists over CIA interrogation techniques /AP

There has long been a war of words surrounding the U.S. torture program developed and implemented by two Spokane psychologists with ties to Fairchild Air Force Base. “Enhanced interrogation,” some called it. “Harsh techniques.” “Non-standard means of interrogation.” Vice President Dick Cheney once, approvingly, said we needed to use tools from the “dark side.” Tuesday, the ACLU added a new one, a term that is incendiary even for this subject: “murder.” In a lawsuit filed on behalf of three former detainees against James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, who were paid millions by the CIA for designing the torture program, the ACLU alleges that the two men committed war crimes, participated in human experimentation, and subjected detainees to cruel and inhuman treatment/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.

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