Al Qaeda

    Coercive Techniques, Torture and Mayhem: Situational Ethics 101

    By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 26th at 06:05 AM  | 

    Misleading statements, (empty) threats of physical violence, harassing and disrespectful language, nap deprivation: the CIA is accused of employing these and other ethically troubling techniques in the interrogation of Khalid Sheikh “Bluto” Mohammad and other al Qaeda operatives in the War on Terror the Great Unpleasantness. This being a cruel world, however, we must recognize that there is a time and place for everything. We | Read More »

    The BDS of the NYT: “Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t, and Damned If You Even Think About It!”

    By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 25th at 05:23 PM  | 

    In 2002, the Bush Administration considered several options for dealing with an Al Qaeda sleeper cell outside of Buffalo, NY. The cell, which came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, was ultimately taken down by the FBI. But a faction within the Administration, led by VP Dick Cheney, had a plan to use the military after declaring the cell “enemy combatants”. The argument that | Read More »