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Soufan, now an international-security consultant, has emerged as a powerful critic of the George W. Bush - era interrogation techniques; he has testified against them in congressional hearings and is an expert witness in cases against detainees. He has described the techniques as "borderline torture" and "un-American." His larger argument is that methods like waterboarding are wholly unnecessary - traditional interrogation methods, a combination of guile and graft, are the best way to break down even the most stubborn subjects. He told a recent hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee that it was these methods, not the harsh techniques, that...
...when Arlen Specter switched parties last month. Sessions himself was once a Reagan nominee to the federal bench who was rejected by this same committee - at the time controlled by Republicans - after he called the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People "un-American," reportedly telling a colleague that they "forced civil rights down the throats of people." He now runs the risk of becoming the story if he says anything that could be interpreted as indelicate. So after Sotomayor's nomination was announced, Sessions responded with a statement as blandly worded...
...parties last month. Sessions himself was once a Reagan nominee to the federal bench; he was rejected by this same committee - at the time controlled by Republicans - after reports surfaced that he had called the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People "un-American" and had once told a colleague that they "forced civil rights down the throats of people." (See the top 10 Supreme Court nomination battles...
...hearing, Democrats tracked down a Justice Department employee named J. Gerald Hebert who had worked with Sessions on civil rights cases. Hebert told the committee that Sessions had once complained to him that the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were "un-American," "communist-inspired" and, worse, that they "forced civil rights down the throats of the people." Sessions didn't help matters by trying to make the case that in some circumstances, those organizations could indeed be seen as un-American, and the Republican-controlled committee voted 8-10 against...
...weekend! The themes give you a reason to play dress-up like when you were little, giving you an excuse for a shopping trip to the Garment District. Plus, they play all of your favorite songs. If you don’t like Bruce Springsteen, you’re un-American. And best of all, you get to watch freshmen awkwardly grope each other, unsure of the proper etiquette for grinding on a stranger. It’s almost as good as watching 13 year-olds play Snowball at your cousin’s Bar Mitzvah...