I accidentally sprayed deodorant in my mouth and the cat's eyes changed colors.

[BuyingThyme]

I just wanted to see if that subject line would get more hits than a torture one.





Torture row: PM to make MI5 rules on interrogation public
Published Date: 19 March 2009
By GERRI PEEV

THE rules governing the interrogation of suspects by spies and soldiers will be published after Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, attempted to quell the furore over torture allegations.

The Prime Minister has ordered that the interview procedures of MI5 and MI6 be open to scrutiny following complaints by Binyam Mohamed, a British resident, that the UK intelligence services had been complicit in his "medieval torture".

The government will also appoint a former senior judge, Peter Gibson, as an Intelligence Security Commissioner, to make sure the rules – which will ban torture – are being followed, Mr Brown said. He will report to the Prime Minister every year.

In a statement to parliament, Mr Brown said that he wanted "to protect the reputation of our security and intelligence services" and that Britain condemned torture "without reservation".


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http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Torture-row-PM--.5086696.jp

[Lint Head]

1. This whole thing is nuts. It's like saying the bank robber or killer will do

better in the future lets just forget about the banks that were robbed and the people killed in the past.
:dem:

[tbyg52]

9. One set of rules for "us," another set of rules for "them."

That's what most of what's wrong boils down to.

[BuyingThyme]

11. Wheels seem to be rolling in the UK now.

I'd say they're ahead of us in getting to the truth.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. That sounds like fun. What brand of deodorant?

:hide:

[BuyingThyme]

12. It's Brut. I don' really have a brand preference. I just buy whatever's on sale.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

3. The world is waiting,....for war crime tribunals.

I am waiting,...but not holding my breath.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Nice Hook. You got me.

Gordon Brown seems to be returning to civilization in his country.

"Torture has no place in a modern democratic society. We will not condone it. Nor will we ever ask others to do it on our behalf."

And he seems to be open to examining the processes that led to Britain's "medieval torture" of Muslim suspects. INCLUDING people in his own party.

Let's see whether Obama follows suit.

[BuyingThyme]

15. I'm not buying it from Brown.

But I don't really know how things work over there.

[varkam]

5. You too, huh?

[Bosso 63]

6. Thats just great! Now how do I get the taste out of my mouth.

[BuyingThyme]

16. Hair spray.

[Zywiec]

7. Why weren't you wearing a helmet? n/t

[BuyingThyme]

14. I was. They always make me wear a helmet.

[AB_Positive]

8. The story is sobering. The subject line is made of win and awesome.

Still, I'll stick to safer methods to make the cat look like Charles Bronson.

[BuyingThyme]

17. ..

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=55428529&blogID=262951842

[tom_paine]

10. People are people. OF COURSE your thread title will get more hits than a "torture" thread.

Will the sun rise tomorrow?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

Is the Pope a Hitler Youth?

[BuyingThyme]

13. It's not like the old days of torture.

At every turn we'd be calling and writing our reps and yelling and screaming across the internets.