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McChrystal Sees Taliban Defeat in 18 Months

By | 12.08.09 | 6:57 pm

In confirmation hearings six months ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal painted a bleak picture of an Afghanistan plagued by a growing insurgency. But in two marathon congressional hearings on Tuesday, McChrystal, now the commander of U.S. and More…

Does It Matter If You Call It ‘Torture’?

By | 12.17.08 | 2:50 pm

As every lawyer knows, language matters. Bill Clinton was famously impeached because his definition of “sexual relations” didn’t include oral sex – a definition that Republican lawyers didn’t agree with.

So does it matter if the interrogation techniques that were used, authorized and encouraged by senior officials in the US More…