{"id":844,"date":"2012-10-02T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/02\/torture-creep-by-amy-zegart\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:28:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:28:01","slug":"torture-creep-by-amy-zegart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/10\/02\/torture-creep-by-amy-zegart\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture Creep – By Amy Zegart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before the 9\/11 attacks, torture was almost always depicted in television and movies as something that bad guys did. That’s not true anymore. The Bush administration may be over, but Bush-era terrorist torture and assassination policies are growing more popular.
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See on Scoop.it – Rights & LibertiesBefore the 9\/11 attacks, torture was almost always depicted in television and movies as something that bad guys did. That’s not true anymore. 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