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Jeff Lebowski

08-13-2008 03:02 PM

Mike will love this one

Mind-blowing article on how US torture policy is debated:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/149009

Quote:

The most influential legal thinker in the development of modern American interrogation policy is not a behavioral psychologist, international lawyer or counterinsurgency expert. Reading both Jane Mayer's stunning "The Dark Side," and Philippe Sands's "Torture Team," it quickly becomes plain that the prime mover of American interrogation doctrine is none other than the star of Fox television's "24," Jack Bauer.

Yikes.

Jeff Lebowski

08-13-2008 03:03 PM

It appears that Scalia is a fan of the Fox series:

Quote:

Even Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking in Canada last summer, shows a gift for this casual toggling between television and the Constitution. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles … He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Scalia said. "Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?"

MikeWaters

08-13-2008 03:09 PM

again, who was it disputing me when I referred to the statement that the director of Batman had done better thinking about terrorism than the Bush admin in 7 years?

Tex	08-13-2008 03:26 PM

The "prime mover"? Heh, yeah, no hyperbole there.

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