the U.S. and torture

For one reason or another, I usually seem to disagree with Kevin Vranes about most things (actually I suspect that we *agree* on most things, and the disagreements are only about the exciting stuff on blogs). But I do like his recent post on the U.S. and torture.

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Nit:
It's 'Vranes', not 'Vrames' .

[True. I've silently fixed it... -W]