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		<title>By: MrHoppy</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48326</link>
		<dc:creator>MrHoppy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Succession is the solution. Until then, RE-ELECT NOBODY.

We are a nation that has been invaded and occupied by Israel and our military is being used to expand their territory and steal other nations wealth. Iraq&#039;s oil is now pumped to Hafia Israel.

Obama can&#039;t seem to place enough jews in high positions with duel citizenship and give the jewish bankers enough of our money or place in a state of pionage to them. He must be removed from office along with his handlers. ALL OF THEM.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Succession is the solution. Until then, RE-ELECT NOBODY.</p>
<p>We are a nation that has been invaded and occupied by Israel and our military is being used to expand their territory and steal other nations wealth. Iraq&#8217;s oil is now pumped to Hafia Israel.</p>
<p>Obama can&#8217;t seem to place enough jews in high positions with duel citizenship and give the jewish bankers enough of our money or place in a state of pionage to them. He must be removed from office along with his handlers. ALL OF THEM.</p>
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		<title>By: woody188</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48361</link>
		<dc:creator>woody188</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Translation: Because we avoided US soil, (except for torturing Padilla until he went mad) we can do as we please and torture anyone we want. I am sure that Raul Castro wants Gitmo back. Last I checked, we seem to exert control over that territory.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
US facilities such as an embassy and military bases are sovereign US territory.  If they are not, then John McCain isn&#039;t an American along with many others.  It would also mean all our soldiers across the globe are accountable to local laws if these are not US territory.  I&#039;m sure the government is going to try to have it both ways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Translation: Because we avoided US soil, (except for torturing Padilla until he went mad) we can do as we please and torture anyone we want. I am sure that Raul Castro wants Gitmo back. Last I checked, we seem to exert control over that territory.</p></blockquote>
<p>US facilities such as an embassy and military bases are sovereign US territory.  If they are not, then John McCain isn&#8217;t an American along with many others.  It would also mean all our soldiers across the globe are accountable to local laws if these are not US territory.  I&#8217;m sure the government is going to try to have it both ways.</p>
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		<title>By: bryan mcclellan</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48379</link>
		<dc:creator>bryan mcclellan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> There goes the last vestige of any American pride we had left.
 Bin laden is laughing his ass off,
  bush is in China telling jokes,
 anyone about to appear in the 9th circuit appellate court is crapping on themselves,
 and cheney is at an unknown location playing with himself while watching CIA supplied video of insect torture techniques.

 Is this a great country or what?

 Woody I think you&#039;ve got something there, until they change the rules.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There goes the last vestige of any American pride we had left.<br />
 Bin laden is laughing his ass off,<br />
  bush is in China telling jokes,<br />
 anyone about to appear in the 9th circuit appellate court is crapping on themselves,<br />
 and cheney is at an unknown location playing with himself while watching CIA supplied video of insect torture techniques.</p>
<p> Is this a great country or what?</p>
<p> Woody I think you&#8217;ve got something there, until they change the rules.</p>
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		<title>By: DejaVuAllOver</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48380</link>
		<dc:creator>DejaVuAllOver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since Obama let the CIA off the hook, I hope he can extract some testimony to prosecute the higher-ups.  I&#039;m not a lawyer and haven&#039;t read the details of Obama&#039;s &quot;pardon&quot; of the CIA.  Usually we start at the bottom, prosecute some flunkies and dropouts and let the Bosses get away with whatever they please, while The Gatekeepers ensure public anger dissipates and the media cycle of stories about Paris Hilton distract us all to catatonia.  But thanks for a concise summary of the situation, Rob.   I hope we can stay mad long enough to DEMAND some justice, not just hope for it.  I also wish Obama would quit flapping his 296-horsepower mouth long enough to DO something.  But things ain&#039;t lookin&#039; good for our heroes.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since Obama let the CIA off the hook, I hope he can extract some testimony to prosecute the higher-ups.  I&#8217;m not a lawyer and haven&#8217;t read the details of Obama&#8217;s &#8220;pardon&#8221; of the CIA.  Usually we start at the bottom, prosecute some flunkies and dropouts and let the Bosses get away with whatever they please, while The Gatekeepers ensure public anger dissipates and the media cycle of stories about Paris Hilton distract us all to catatonia.  But thanks for a concise summary of the situation, Rob.   I hope we can stay mad long enough to DEMAND some justice, not just hope for it.  I also wish Obama would quit flapping his 296-horsepower mouth long enough to DO something.  But things ain&#8217;t lookin&#8217; good for our heroes.</p>
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		<title>By: griff</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48384</link>
		<dc:creator>griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How long have we known all of this?

- A very long time. 

Did anyone do anything about it when it was happening? 

- Not a thing.

Why are we hearing about it every day now?

- Because Obama needs a boost and a distraction.

Spare me the righteous indignation.

Only a fool would believe that we&#039;re not still torturing people.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How long have we known all of this?</p>
<p>- A very long time. </p>
<p>Did anyone do anything about it when it was happening? </p>
<p>- Not a thing.</p>
<p>Why are we hearing about it every day now?</p>
<p>- Because Obama needs a boost and a distraction.</p>
<p>Spare me the righteous indignation.</p>
<p>Only a fool would believe that we&#8217;re not still torturing people.</p>
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		<title>By: Paolo</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48387</link>
		<dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said! 

Do we need any more evidence that our masters in Washington are moral midgets? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said! </p>
<p>Do we need any more evidence that our masters in Washington are moral midgets?</p>
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		<title>By: RichardKanePA</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48393</link>
		<dc:creator>RichardKanePA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two points get left off of posts that criticize torture. 

There is silent debate in this country between those who silently claim torture is a necessary evil, and those who oppose it.  Those who oppose torture must answer the other side if we are to get anywhere.

2. There are no life stories, that I know of, of people whose lives were ruined by being a suspect.

The follow is a discussion of a 7 and 9 year old tortured by the CIA in order to make them tell where their father was hiding.

http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/04/17/bush-torture-memos-align-with-account-that-911-suspects-children-were-tortured
Details concerning a number of real people in the above link.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claimed his 7 &amp; 9-year old children were tortured into telling the US government his whereabouts. Recently detailed revelations came out about torture revealed by Obama and added to by the Red Cross, of US detainees being terrorized by the use of fake poison insects put on the victim’s body, matching Khalid&#039;s accusation.

The government is wasting time with years of isolation and sleep deprecation, destroying people&#039;s lives. If the US decides to use torture, and was open about it, the victims would be better off. If a US soldier in the field comes across a witness and demanded to know where the soldiers were hiding, grabbed the victim by the nuts and said talk, and when he said something, the US GI would squeeze harder and say you lie or tell me more, the victim would be better off than spending years in isolation and sleep deprivation.

The US never got anywhere torturing the baddest of the bad, look at Moussaoui&#039;s proud behavior, showing no harm for years of torture, unless he avoided torture by constantly revealing garbage, as he all during his trial blamed his Jewish lawyer for his woos.

In the TV drama &quot;24 hours&quot; Jack Bouer makes life miserable for the badest of the bad.

In a real life version, someone would reveal a plan to sneak an A bomb into a US city, but refuse too many details so al Qaeda wouldn&#039;t find out and torture his kids. So Bouer, by remote contrail TV, has someone torture his kids.  The witness talks, and the city is saved, but from then on no more witnesses coming forward, many people fearing to even use the anonymous tip program.

We got to join the real debate in this country over torture which is with fantasy TV.

http://capitolhillblue.com/blog/2419
RichardKanePAnePA</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two points get left off of posts that criticize torture. </p>
<p>There is silent debate in this country between those who silently claim torture is a necessary evil, and those who oppose it.  Those who oppose torture must answer the other side if we are to get anywhere.</p>
<p>2. There are no life stories, that I know of, of people whose lives were ruined by being a suspect.</p>
<p>The follow is a discussion of a 7 and 9 year old tortured by the CIA in order to make them tell where their father was hiding.</p>
<p><a href="http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/04/17/bush-torture-memos-align-with-account-that-911-suspects-children-were-tortured" rel="nofollow">http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/04/17/bush-torture-memos-align-with-account-that-911-suspects-children-were-tortured</a><br />
Details concerning a number of real people in the above link.</p>
<p>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claimed his 7 &#038; 9-year old children were tortured into telling the US government his whereabouts. Recently detailed revelations came out about torture revealed by Obama and added to by the Red Cross, of US detainees being terrorized by the use of fake poison insects put on the victim’s body, matching Khalid&#8217;s accusation.</p>
<p>The government is wasting time with years of isolation and sleep deprecation, destroying people&#8217;s lives. If the US decides to use torture, and was open about it, the victims would be better off. If a US soldier in the field comes across a witness and demanded to know where the soldiers were hiding, grabbed the victim by the nuts and said talk, and when he said something, the US GI would squeeze harder and say you lie or tell me more, the victim would be better off than spending years in isolation and sleep deprivation.</p>
<p>The US never got anywhere torturing the baddest of the bad, look at Moussaoui&#8217;s proud behavior, showing no harm for years of torture, unless he avoided torture by constantly revealing garbage, as he all during his trial blamed his Jewish lawyer for his woos.</p>
<p>In the TV drama &#8220;24 hours&#8221; Jack Bouer makes life miserable for the badest of the bad.</p>
<p>In a real life version, someone would reveal a plan to sneak an A bomb into a US city, but refuse too many details so al Qaeda wouldn&#8217;t find out and torture his kids. So Bouer, by remote contrail TV, has someone torture his kids.  The witness talks, and the city is saved, but from then on no more witnesses coming forward, many people fearing to even use the anonymous tip program.</p>
<p>We got to join the real debate in this country over torture which is with fantasy TV.</p>
<p><a href="http://capitolhillblue.com/blog/2419" rel="nofollow">http://capitolhillblue.com/blog/2419</a><br />
RichardKanePAnePA</p>
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		<title>By: adamrussell</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48415</link>
		<dc:creator>adamrussell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Torture can be used to force you to say whatever they want you to say.  Confessions made under torture are not just illegal, but are also likely to be false confessions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Torture can be used to force you to say whatever they want you to say.  Confessions made under torture are not just illegal, but are also likely to be false confessions.</p>
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		<title>By: Paolo</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48421</link>
		<dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t it amazing how alleged &quot;conservatives&quot; and &quot;liberals&quot; mince words and go into semantic gymnastics when discussing torture? 

Observe also that under the Bill of Rights, &quot;cruel and unusual&quot; punishments are forbidden. The Bill of Rights doesn&#039;t forbid cruel and unusual punishment only to citizens, but to everyone under US jurisdiction. The nauseating Hannity wing of the Republican Party insists that the Bill of Rights applies only to citizens. They pull this theory right out of their prodigious noses. 

In a free and humane society, any form of prisoner abuse should be forbidden, whether you choose to call it torture or not. It is morally obscene to abuse someone who has been captured and is under your total control. 

As a practical matter, torture and abuse does not yield reliable information. It does, however, yield politically convenient &quot;confessions,&quot; like the confessions we got from Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t it amazing how alleged &#8220;conservatives&#8221; and &#8220;liberals&#8221; mince words and go into semantic gymnastics when discussing torture? </p>
<p>Observe also that under the Bill of Rights, &#8220;cruel and unusual&#8221; punishments are forbidden. The Bill of Rights doesn&#8217;t forbid cruel and unusual punishment only to citizens, but to everyone under US jurisdiction. The nauseating Hannity wing of the Republican Party insists that the Bill of Rights applies only to citizens. They pull this theory right out of their prodigious noses. </p>
<p>In a free and humane society, any form of prisoner abuse should be forbidden, whether you choose to call it torture or not. It is morally obscene to abuse someone who has been captured and is under your total control. </p>
<p>As a practical matter, torture and abuse does not yield reliable information. It does, however, yield politically convenient &#8220;confessions,&#8221; like the confessions we got from Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.</p>
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		<title>By: Helen Rainier</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/17619/comment-page-1#comment-48589</link>
		<dc:creator>Helen Rainier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Woody -- that&#039;s exactly what I thought too -- the US Embassies abroad and US military bases abroad are considered American soil and subject to American laws and jurisprudence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Woody &#8212; that&#8217;s exactly what I thought too &#8212; the US Embassies abroad and US military bases abroad are considered American soil and subject to American laws and jurisprudence.</p>
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