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Better Living Through Torture
Pollitt, Katha | May 18, 2009 issue

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In this article the author considers aspects of the finding that officials working for the administration of U.S. president George W. Bush condoned and facilitated harsh interrogation methods used on terror suspects. The techniques have been characterized as torture. The author examines a number of issues including the euphemisms used to avoid the term "torture" and the rewards that have been given to advocates of the policy.

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TORTURE; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; EUPHEMISM; QUESTIONING; UNITED States
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