At U.N., Brazil's Rousseff blasts U.S. spying as breach of law

[Judi Lynn]

41. She'd better check herself, the US could back another military dictatorship in Brazil

and she could be sent right back to the Brazilian torture chambers where was tortured in prison for three years, as a guest of the US-supported right-wing military dictatorship.

This is a photo taken of Dilma in a military courtroom when she was a prisoner. It's so easy to recognize the men sitting in judgment over the future Brazilian President were determined to keep their treacherous faces from being photographed.

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She was tortured on their favorite device, the Parrot's Perch, "pau de arrara", a monstrous Dark Ages piece of equipment which they originally used to punish slaves in Brazil hundreds of years ago. Her courage and endurance have been hailed in interviews with other former prisoners who still have very clear memories of their shared desperate suffering.

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"Tortura nunca mais" (Torture never again)

This is a monument constructed by the human rights group "TORTURA NUNCA MAIS." This monument depicts the atrocity of torture showing a victim of the "pau de arrara," the infamous "parrot's perch" torture rack, widely used in Brazil during the Military dictatorial regime in the late 60’s and 70’s." [/center]
You're so right in mentioning the oddness of people who believe the US is simply not meant to be limited by laws and morals. It doesn't wear well with those of us who are learning what has been done in our names.