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5. We do have one person involved in torture imprisoned for his misdeeds
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 11:29 AM
Dec 2014
http://www.defendjohnk.com/wordpress/

John Kiriakou has been in prison for perhaps a year now, not for committing the torture, but for BLOWING THE WHISTLE AND GOING PUBLIC ON THE ENTIRE AMERICAN TORTURE SYSTEM.

So the only person our entire land of the free home of the brave country punishes for our official policy of torture was an honorable man trying to stop something he knew was wrong and it was his sworn duty to do what he could to stop it.

YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE of how much it sucks to be a government whistle blower these days and also how much the people that run our country have completely lost all sense of honor, duty and basic human decency. Not to mention stupid because it only takes ten minutes on the google to learn how ineffective and low quality torture is for gaining intelligence.

Not only did they squander every principal our country used to stand for since the Revolution, but they were too stupid to comprehend that torture doesn't even fucking work!

It's amazing the magnitude of evil the MIC is capable of, all in the name of fomenting wars so they can make gazillions of dollars. We need a Truman style prosecution of our modern WAR PROFITEERS. A good starting point would be arresting every person that ever served in the GWB White House during his two shit stained terms.

"We don't want the smoking gun to come in the form of a warrant for my arrest for war crimes." - hopefully Condi Rice's next public comment.

-90% Jimmy
Perhaps atreides1 Dec 2014 #1
So Eric Garner, executed for selling loose cigarettes, actually no proof he even did that. NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #2
But prosecuting torturers would be like prosecuting cops who... stone space Dec 2014 #3
Excellent read underpants Dec 2014 #4
We do have one person involved in torture imprisoned for his misdeeds 90-percent Dec 2014 #5
It's not torture. OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #6
! Solly Mack Dec 2014 #9
I wish I was joking... OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #10
Oh, I know you're not joking. Solly Mack Dec 2014 #11
We're "exceptional" in that way... adirondacker Dec 2014 #12
The Republican media will convince people that this was a "patriotic" act and to go out and world wide wally Dec 2014 #7
K&R Solly Mack Dec 2014 #8
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