Political Link List: September 28, 2012
Today’s links: torture, technowar, and talking points. New York Times : Election to Decide Future Interrogation Methods in Terrorism Cases (by Charlie Savage) Key passage: “In one of his first acts, President Obama issued an executive order restricting interrogators to a list of nonabusive tactics approved in the Army Field Manual. Even as he embraced a hawkish approach to other counterterrorism issues — like drone strikes, military commissions, indefinite detention and the Patriot Act — Mr. Obama has stuck to that strict no-torture policy. By contrast, Mr. Romney’s advisers have privately urged him to “rescind and replace President Obama’s executive order” and permit secret “enhanced interrogation techniques against high-value detainees that are safe, legal and effective in generating intelligence to save American lives,” according to an internal Romney campaign memorandum.” New York Times : Cyberwarfare Emerges From Shadows for Public Discussion by U.S. Officials