Thursday, December 12, 2019

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Republicans stand by Trump during impeachment process

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A euphemism illustrated

New York Times

Enhanced interrogation techniques: "enhanced interrogation" is a euphemism for the U.S. government's program of systematic torture of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and various components of the U.S. Armed Forces at black sites around the world, including Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, authorized by officials of the George W. Bush administration...

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