Torture

Torture in all so many different ways is used widely around the globe.

Some means of torture is not even visible to the naked eye.

Others cases more apparent but ignored and glossed over by the mainstream media.

The biggest torture problem today is covert government torture of journalist and others who dare speak truth to power. This is a huge problem reported by thousands of people all over the world.

Headlines

USA

• 2005-11-18: A former CIA director has claimed that torture is condoned and even approved by the Bush government.
  • " The American Senate says torture should be banned - whatever the justification. But President Bush has threatened to veto their ruling. The former spymaster claims President Bush is not telling the truth when he says that torture is not a method used by the US."

• 2005-11-19: Half of All Americans OK With Torture
  • "The survey, by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press by, of 2,006 persons found that 46 percent thought torturing terrorists to gain important information was sometimes (31 percent) or often (15 percent) justified; 17 percent thought it was rarely justified; and 32 percent were opposed. By contrast, the study found that of 520 opinion leaders questioned on the issue, no more than one in four thinks that torture of terrorist suspects can be sometimes or often justified, Agence France-Presse reports."
• 2005-11-17: US: Nearly 50% OK with torture
  • "The findings are part of a quadrennial survey by the Pew Research Centre on foreign policy attitudes among opinion leaders and the general public."

Consider these questions:

• Is the "terrorist threat" real?
• Does 2006 allegedly asked people represent "All Americans"?