VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

I’ve been feeling a certain amount of (self-imposed) pressure to keep up with every action and every political development here. Obviously, I can’t do that. There are people who actually receive a salary to do so, and you can find them all over the web. Anyone who has read this blog knows that I would [...]

ACLU Reveals New Evidence that Government Knew Abuse was Widespread Before Abu Ghraib Photos -
OK, we knew that just by following the tracks of Bush’s legal team…
Still, here’s some more proof for you.
Torture is UnAmerican. Sign the petition.

Army Documents Show Senior Official Reportedly Pushed Limits on Detainee Interrogations (5/2/2006)
NEW YORK — New Army documents [...]

BBC News Aug 18
Rolling in more troops for prison security, taking in more prisoners, building yet another prison camp.
As the insurgency continues, there are now nearly 11,000 prisoners in major US-run detention centres - twice as many as last September. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last month he would like to give Iraq’s government [...]