We prefer to call it "freedom coercion."
The best rethuglican defense of Bush's torture policies yet: It's not torture because we stop hurting them when they tell us what we want to hear:
White House homeland security adviser Frances Townsend also dismissed objections to the CIA program yesterday, saying that al-Qaeda members are trained to resist harsh interrogations. She said that “we start with the least harsh measures first” and stop the progression “if someone becomes cooperative.”
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Sounds like the criteria used by The Spanish Inquisition and most other political tortures - - stop when you hear what you want to hear (whether it's plausible or not is another question..)
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