Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: December 12, 2010
This is my modest analogy. I was working on the draft of this when Obama came up with his hostage analogy. First, here is some background of my views on the torture debate from Paul Krugman’s blog: It’s interesting that the origin of the word “torture” has roots in the word “twisting”. When there hasn’t [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: November 7, 2010
“Damn right.” That’s what former president George W. Bush told CIA officials when they came to ask him for permission to waterboard alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to a Washington Post report on the 43rd president’s forthcoming book, “Decision Points.” via Bush Directly Authorized Use Of Waterboarding, Still Rejects ‘Torture’ Classification In New [...]
Posted by: Jayme Johnson on: May 3, 2009
The word suppression has a wide variety of meanings. One meaning is to consciously resist feelings or memories. Another meaning is to stop the spread or publication of information. It also means to put an end to something by force. In military science terms (for those of you who care) suppressive fire is firing weapons [...]
