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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 11:53 AM
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4. Frontline "The Torture Question"
Show from October 2005
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/view/

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/etc/script.html


"In "The Torture Question", FRONTLINE traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 -- including an internal administration battle over the Geneva Conventions -- led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq...

"The Torture Question" traces the aggressive development of the administration's interrogation policy in the aftermath of 9/11, where the push for "actionable intelligence" led to authorization for interrogators to strip detainees, degrade prisoners with sexual humiliation techniques and use dogs for intimidation..."



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