1. Posted on 23 January, 2012

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    Many people in the Bush administration were insisting [it] was not torture at all. The Inquisition was actually very clear on the matter. It obviously was torture. That’s why they were using it.

    — Writer Cullen Murphy, on waterboarding, which was used in the Inquisition against possible heretics. [complete interview here]

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