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Chicago's "finest", hard at work.

See bookmark below. The Bush administration's human rights abuses were not as without precedent in American history as some of us would like to imagine, if this article is to be believed.

Sobering reading about the treatment of prisoner during Shrub's (George Bush the younger's) time in office.

Socialism 2011 July 01, 2011 -- Chicago, IL With Glenn Greenwald TAGS Barack Obama, civil liberties, torture

Obama hasn't closed Guantanamo and people are still being tortured at Bagram[2], the U.S. is bombing at least six Muslim countries that we know of (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan)[3], and the healthcare bill fiasco in which he had secretly traded away the public option from the beginning[4] very clearly show that he definitely hasn't changed the way Washington works. If anything he's made every conceivable pernicious undemocratic influence stronger.

THIS IS ISLAM

There are hunger strikes going on. Wow. Protesting prison brutality.

Video accompanies the article's story.

Now that we've covered the legal and strategic angles of U.S. waterbording policy, it is now time to explore the political ramifications, or, in the words of Chris Matthews: "let's talk turkey".

Is waterboarding ever ethically or morally admissible? St. Augustine Just War and ticking-time bomb theory vs. violating American values, religious principles and the moral imperative.