{"id":327,"date":"2007-07-24T14:30:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T19:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/24\/new-torture-scandal-update-in-american-conservative\/"},"modified":"2007-07-24T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-24T19:30:38","slug":"new-torture-scandal-update-in-american-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/24\/new-torture-scandal-update-in-american-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"New Torture Scandal Update in American Conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The July 30 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amconmag.com\/\"><strong>American Conservative<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a> contains a piece I did updating the latest twists and turns of the torture scandal.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the lead paragraph:<\/p>\n<p>From the first days after the Abu Ghraib photos hit the airwaves, the torture scandal has epitomized the worst of the Bush presidency. A timid media, a cowardly opposition party, and a refusal by most Americans to face the grisly facts has contained the damage since 2004. But the web of lies and lawlessness is rapidly unraveling. Leaks, foreign challenges, military officers revolting, and a pending Supreme Court case could shed overdue sunlight on the administration\u2019s barbaric policies&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>and the final paragraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Bush torture policies were made in darkness by people who assumed that they would forever remain secret. As evidence leaked out, much of the world has been revolted at the U.S. government\u2019s barbarism, but most Americans remain oblivious. The Supreme Court case could change that overnight. If the MCA is struck down, the get-out-of-jail-free card that the White House and Congress provided to torturers and torture policymakers will be null. And the Supreme Court cannot endorse the use of tortured confessions without destroying its own credibility.<\/p>\n<p>The Bush team was able to punish Taguba, muzzle Hicks, intimidate Congress, and browbeat much of the media on torture issue, but its luck may be done&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<p>The full article may go online soon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The July 30 issue of American Conservative\u00a0 contains a piece I did updating the latest twists and turns of the torture scandal.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the lead paragraph: From the first days after the Abu Ghraib photos hit the airwaves, the torture scandal has epitomized the worst of the Bush presidency. 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