http://www.metafilter.com/tags/contradiction Posts tagged with 'contradiction' at MetaFilter. Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:03:22 -0800 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:03:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/35222/Americas%2DProblem%2DHow%2DTorture%2DCame%2DDown%2DFrom%2DThe%2DTop <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37221-2004Aug26?language=printer">How Torture Came Down From the Top</a><small> &nbsp;The latest official reports on the prisoner abuse scandal contain a classic Washington contradiction. Their headlines proclaim that no official policy mandated or allowed the torture of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that no officials above the rank of colonel deserve prosecution or formal punishment. But buried in their hundreds of pages of detail, for anyone who cares to read them, is a clear and meticulous account of how decisions made by President Bush, his top political aides and senior military commanders led directly to those searing images of naked prisoners being menaced with guard dogs.</small> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(More Inside) tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35222 Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:03:22 -0800 afghanistan colonel contradiction detainees iraq nbsp prosecution torture washingtonpost y2karl