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4. France’s Le Pen Says Torture Can Be ‘Useful’ to Fight Terrorism

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jan 2015

The leader of France’s anti-immigrant, anti-European Union National Front, Marine Le Pen, said that torture can be sometimes “useful” to fight terrorism, in response the U.S. Senate report on the CIA.

“There can be cases -- when there is a bomb ticking, that can explode in an hour or two and kill 200 or 300 civilians -- where it can be useful to have to make someone talk with the means available,” Le Pen told RMC radio and BFM Television today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-10/france-s-le-pen-says-torture-can-be-useful-to-fight-terrorism.html

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The French far-right's first priority: eliminating freedom of movement within Europe [View all] pampango Jan 2015 OP

"..you can't have security and control in a country without having any powers.." Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #1

Not surprising that the right focuses on security and control, less on individual rights, is it? pampango Jan 2015 #2

They're best weapon, and the road to power, is fear. They fill the world with bogeymen Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #3

France’s Le Pen Says Torture Can Be ‘Useful’ to Fight Terrorism napkinz Jan 2015 #4