Naomi Klein on The Shock Doctrine

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations

The interrogation opinions were signed by Steven G. Bradbury, who since 2005 has headed the elite Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department. He has become a frequent public defender of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program and detention policies at Congressional hearings and press briefings, a role that some legal scholars say is at odds with the office's tradition of avoiding political advocacy.

Mr. Bradbury defended the work of his office as the government's most authoritative interpreter of the law. "In my experience, the White House has not told me how an opinion should come out," he said in an interview. "The White House has accepted and respected our opinions, even when they didn't like the advice being given."

The debate over how terrorist suspects should be held and questioned began shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the Bush administration adopted secret detention and coercive interrogation, both practices the United States had previously denounced when used by other countries. It adopted the new measures without public debate or Congressional vote, choosing to rely instead on the confidential legal advice of a handful of appointees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/washington/04interrogate.html?_r=3&ex=1...

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[kaymeena]

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO! thank you for this; everyone should see this

[Scoppertop]

Good clip, Suryu... thanks and keep up the great work!

[HighKingOfDalliance]

@HighKingOfDalliance lol two years on i see the hypocrisy and the folly of this comment! Oh the shame!

[BarackHOsama]

@Licmycat Huh? Who is they? And what does it have to do with Mexicans?

[Licmycat]

@BarackHOsama Oh. U don't realize what happened did u. They made corporations a human being with OUR rights against us. Isn't that much like illegal corrupt mexicans?

[BarackHOsama]

@HighKingOfDalliance Corporations love you because you guys would buy anything. I sell a lot of stuff on eBay, may I interest you in anything? Don't worry, I'll be sure to fill my description with lies and distortions.

[BarackHOsama]

@Licmycat Who are these "evil" corporations? They aren't people or the "rich" as you liberals love to say. They are merely entities that are owned by the people (e.g. shareholders, employees, etc). Unless you haven't planned for your future properly, you must own mutual funds, 401(k), or IRAs, and guess what, they hold stock in those "evil" corporations. So I think you're against yourself.

[BarackHOsama]

Right...capitalism caused this. I suppose the whole dictator thing had nothing to do with it. She provides no conclusive evidence that shows a cause and effect relationship. It's easy to find some faults with capitalism and claim that everything about it doesn't work, but there has been no instance of another form which proves to be better than capitalism. How many times does socialism, fascism, or communism have to fail for you guys to understand?

[eliquintori3]

i'm not shocked...this what man do try to gain pwoer any way shape or form.

[Licmycat]

Hey bub; didn't u get the memo? Turn out the lights, the party is OVER!

[Licmycat]

Corporations are NO FRIENDS of our nation or people. Free trade is free for NO ONE BUT the corporations and their shareholders!

[ammannojacku]

The Shock Doctrine which tried to apply to Iraq, Afghanistan Lebanon and Gaza ..Is BACKED FIRED to them