The language of war is victims

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 Posted in Torture, War on Terror | 2 Comments »

This will seem like a victory only to those who are not disturbed the fact that these confessions originate from a military tribunal, under conditions we can only assume include torture, in the legal netherworld of Guantanamo. Or for those ...

The Persecution of Competence

Sunday, February 25th, 2007 Posted in Of Interest, Torture | No Comments »

It's one thing to get rid of people because you want political syncophants, but sometimes one gets the feeling that Bush and Friends simply dislike competence: Internal Justice Department performance reports for six of the eight United States attorneys who have ...

Pan’s Labyrinth on the Art of Torture

Monday, February 12th, 2007 Posted in Essays, Torture | No Comments »

In Bomber Harris' description of the effect of aerial power on Kurds, and Barry Lando's comparison to Guernica, I am reminded of the recent film by Guillermo Del Toro which has its setting in Franco's Spain. Pan's Labyrinth is about torture, ...