tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post6881016189808750645..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: Setting The Record StraightLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-40155718635553236382008-02-17T16:12:00.000-05:002008-02-17T16:12:00.000-05:00But not to worry. There are other techniques used ...<I>But not to worry. There are other techniques used to gain information. </I><BR/><BR/>One of the things that struck me most in reading some books about the WOT - one, Lighting Out of Lebanon, that goes back to before we had a name for it - is how adept our law enforcement/intelligence agencies are at extracting information without physical coercion. Looming Tower has a fascinating passage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-90385300112092142012008-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:002008-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:00AC,//I'm still confused because you show McCain vo...AC,<BR/><BR/><EM>//I'm still confused because you show McCain voting yes on 2082, whereas I still show a nay.//</EM><BR/><BR/>That's what i get for trying to post something, when I am dead tired, I guess. I will make the necessary corrections, which still screws up my post. <BR/><BR/>Anyway thanks, for pointing it out. I have no clue what I was looking at when I saw a "yea". The world may never LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-39793244465881652652008-02-15T17:13:00.000-05:002008-02-15T17:13:00.000-05:00Yes, my added perspective is that I confused every...Yes, my added perspective is that I confused everything royally. It's not hard to do with all these procedural votes. I'm still confused because you show McCain voting yes on 2082, whereas I still show a nay. <BR/><BR/>As you say, Barack and Hillary didn't show up, which they are getting absolutely no heat for. Like the FISA bill they are ignoring, the left thinks the WoT is a bumper sticker andA.C. McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961702447997409190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-51529536638592081252008-02-15T11:03:00.000-05:002008-02-15T11:03:00.000-05:00I am sure McCain has his reasons for not supportin...I am sure McCain has his reasons for not supporting this bill. It is likely to be vetoed, anyway. If he is elected, he may very well sign the bill, should it come up in another form. It's a good bargaining chip for something he'll really want. <BR/><BR/>But not to worry. There are other techniques used to gain information. They have been used and will continue to be until someone finds out about LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-70813613999206644432008-02-15T10:30:00.000-05:002008-02-15T10:30:00.000-05:00Excellent perspective. Let me add some more for th...Excellent perspective. Let me add some more for the idiots who have said that the US/Bush "tortures." And they are idiots. Or simply anti-American a-holes.<BR/><BR/>The extent of "torture" is waterboarding. That's it. And it was done at most THREE times. And it was done shortly after 9/11. And it was done to, at most, 3 high level al Qaeda operatives. And it lasted a grand total of less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com