Something new in Washington, D.C.

"The Senate's confirmation of Mukasey, despite his evasions on waterboarding, is something new : collusion by a majority of the Washington political establishement in a specific practice recognized as uncivilized since the Inquisition."

Editorial
The Nation Magazine
November 26, 2007
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JG: Has the U.S. government become the "new barbarians" of the 21th century?