{"id":11856,"date":"2018-03-26T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=11856"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T20:53:35","slug":"torture-as-the-greatest-boondoggle-mises-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/26\/torture-as-the-greatest-boondoggle-mises-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture as the Greatest Boondoggle &#8211; Mises Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When someone asked me to name the biggest U.S. government boondoggle I had seen, I leaped at the chance to flog torture. From my Friday presentation to the <a href=\"http:\/\/mises.org\">Mises Institute<\/a> conference &#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 854px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11856-1\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JPB-Torture-answer-Mises-3-23-2018-My-Movie.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JPB-Torture-answer-Mises-3-23-2018-My-Movie.mp4\">http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JPB-Torture-answer-Mises-3-23-2018-My-Movie.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to many of the <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?s=torture&amp;submit=Search\">articles I have written on torture<\/a> since 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When someone asked me to name the biggest U.S. government boondoggle I had seen, I leaped at the chance to flog torture. From my Friday presentation to the Mises Institute conference &#8211; &nbsp; Here&#8217;s a link to many of the articles I have written on torture since 9\/11. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[120,347,137,11,38,12,1401],"class_list":["post-11856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-atrocity","tag-cia","tag-george-w-bush","tag-justice-department","tag-obama","tag-torture","tag-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torture as the Greatest Boondoggle - Mises Speech - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a Mises Institute attendee asked me to name the worst boondoggle, I leaped at the chance to flog torture. 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