Meh Culpa

Ticking Time Bombs: Torture and TV

From Human Rights First:

Some of our political leaders have been watching a little too much TV themselves if they imagine torture is permissible by “opting out” of a law or Convention, or that it shouldn’t be punished as a war crime.

January 10, 2009 Posted by mehculpa | Bush administration, Congress, Geneva Conventions, Television, torture, war crimes | 24, Army Field Manual, Geneva Conventions, human rights, Jack Bauer, Lost, torture, war crimes | Leave a comment

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