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OPINION: The lessons of torture and new SIS powers

The CIA's torture report shows how easily extreme laws can become routine.

Nathan Smith
Thu, 11 Dec 2014

OPINION

The release of a report on the recent history of CIA torture during the so-called Global War on Terror offers a chance to reflect on the danger of expedient laws in both the US and New Zealand.

Nothing in the report discloses previously unknown torture techniques. The methods can be found

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Nathan Smith
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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