By Wink Peter King, a New York Republican congressman with senatorial aspirations, has decided to make headlines by ripping the Obama administration’s decision to investigate Bush-era CIA interrogations. The always classy congressman said… “It’s bullsh*t. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on.” He is further proof that the average IQ in the House of [...]
By Wink The May 18 Winkest link article was obviously written several days before it was printed. In it we wrote that the Defense Department, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, was going to release photos showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. This did not happen. [...]
I have heard plenty of naivety on both sides of the aisle about what constitutes “torture.” For example, one opinion I heard was in reference to Susan Crawford’s recent statements about Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani’s treatment. This person said, upon hearing that al-Qahtani was held in sustained isolation, deprived of sleep and clothing and [...]
