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...Torture and Terrorists In his column "Where's the Outrage?" about the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guant?namo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration's decision to use severe physical-interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There...
...must understand the agony of displaced and bereaved people and of those who have lost everything but their lives. Prasanna Aryaprema Panadura, Sri Lanka Torture and Terrorists In his column "where's the outrage?," about the Senate confirmation hearings on Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant...
Columnist Joe Klein discussed why President Bush is taking the controversial position in favor of reforming Social Security [Jan. 24]. Although I usually agree with Klein, I take issue with his endorsement of private investment accounts for Social Security. Over the past quarter-century, most Americans have moved from traditional pension plans into retirement savings plans funded by employer and employee contributions. Those are private investment accounts, and all involve risk. Individuals own those accounts and manage them. At one time, the employer bore the risk and responsibility in a pension plan, but now the employee does. There...
In his column "Where's The Outrage?", about the Senate confirmation hearings of Attorney General--designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There is no outrage because...
...leaders who are willing to revise the interrogation policy and look at the larger picture. That is the most important task they were appointed to do. Our freedom to criticize the government would be ruthlessly curtailed if the terrorists we are fighting had their way. The very policies that Klein criticizes are preserving his freedom to be critical...