Ethics

The Times' Torture Two Step

By Ed Brayton

Glenn Greenwald catches this perfect illustration of the moral and logical knots the New York Times has tied itself into with its policy of not calling torture what it is if the United States engaged in it. First there's this article from July 15, which begins:

A former Bush Justice Department official who approved brutal interrogation methods by the C.I.A. has told Congress that he never authorized several other rough tactics reportedly inflicted on terrorism suspects -- including prolonged shackling to a ceiling and repeated beatings.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).