This is "extracted" from www.bradblog.com [Brad Friedman - Election Integrity blog site] - his May 21, 2009 weblog item -----
History of CIA Torture: Unraveling the Web of Deceit, Part III
For the direct link:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7118#more-7118
Component of Empire, Distance through Surrogates & Reagan's Duplicity...
Guest Blogged by Ernest A. Canning
- Part III of a Four-Part Special Series (Part I is here. Part II is here.)
"The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system --- whether political, religious or economic --- that is rejected by large numbers of people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain 'indicator species'..., torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections." - Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine (2007)
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