As a superpower, the United States has shirked its responsibility to set the bar for human rights protections and has instead created a new lexicon for abuse and torture, Amnesty Secretary General Irene Khan said for the London-based group's annual report launch.
"The United States ... sets the tone for governmental behavior worldwide," Khan said.
"Attempts to dilute the absolute ban on torture through new policies and quasi-management speak, such as 'environmental manipulation, stress positions and sensory manipulation,' was one of the most damaging assaults on global values."
What has constantly amazed me is how the American public has bought into the concept of 'environmental manipulation, stress positions and sensory manipulation,' and not seen them for what they are,
Tourture.
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We have used torture.
That is a fact. The fact that we are trying to pretend it is OK is disgusting.
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