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Bush’s torture-by-bug smells like rat method in Orwell’s ’1984′

By Chris Steller | 04.17.09 | 1:44 pm

picture-41The Bush “torture memos” that Obama released yesterday owe a heavy literary debt to George Orwell’s novel “1984.” The most blatant rip-off is the government’s now-famous plan to sic insects on captive Abu Zubaydah:

Ex-CIA official: Torture ban a ‘great leap forward’

By Spencer Ackerman | 01.22.09 | 6:01 pm

Both civil libertarians and ex-CIA officials involved in interrogations and detentions policies welcome the changes.