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...United States government may no longer be permitted to use dogs, cold temperatures or waterboarding to get terrorist suspects to reveal their plans, but the Army Field Manual offers a myriad of other interrogation methods that encourage U.S. personnel to lie to prisoners, mislead them, manipulate them and use their personal and emotional attachments as weaponry. As official prescriptive military documents go, the Army Field Manual is surprisingly readable. And with all the contentious debate over torture and detainees during the past eight years, the manual - which is publicly available on the U.S. Army web site - is worth reading. Even...
...lie to say that we use these tunnels to only bring in weapons. We're bringing in the ordinary stuff that keeps Gaza alive. If the Israelis opened the border crossings, we wouldn't have to be doing this," says Mohammed, a gap-toothed man in his 40s whose cap is emblazoned with a Koranic verse that he hopes will protect him from being buried alive when the Israeli fighter-bombers reappear in the skies over Gaza...
...Friday night before the Inauguration. The two men spent two hours in front of a roaring fire with Clinton, getting to know each other, talking about the diplomatic and military division of labor in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Clinton's was an Obamian gesture - enticing the lion to lie down with the lion - the sort of attention to detail that seems to have been replicated across the policymaking spectrum during the Obama transition...
...consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit...
Palin, Sarah • annoyance of at "bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie" • dinner hosted by Obama for McCain will not be attended by • McCain's daughter seems less than fond of • tired old "say it ain't so" catch phrase of is trotted out yet again by, and not to the benefit...