Just an observation. In this morning’s Courant we learn that the Libyans used “harsh interrogation techniques” on the Palestinian doctor that they accused of infecting children with AIDS. Except for some reason I can’t entirely fathom, the word “torture” is used. I noted a while back that the New York Times (and the Times is not alone) can’t seem to cough up the word when describing what we do to our prisoners, but apparently the word rolls off the tongue more easily when we’re talking about others.
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