Mike will love this one - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Jeff Lebowski · 08-13-2008, 03:02 PM

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.

08-13-2008, 03:26 PM	#4
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	The "prime mover"? Heh, yeah, no hyperbole there. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

08-13-2008, 03:09 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	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?