Writer's Block: True Crime

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand. That such a small death of an unpopular, even within Austria, person could lead to such amazing consequences.

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From the New York Times

Holder Tells Senators Waterboarding Is Torture

(quoting the relevant sections)

Pledging to run an independent Justice Department free of political taint, Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday that he believes unequivocally that “waterboarding” is torture, and that it must not be practiced by the United States regardless of the circumstances.

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Asked whether a president might have the power to immunize people against criminal charges if they employ waterboarding, which creates a drowning-like sensation, to obtain intelligence to use against terrorists, Mr. Holder answered unambiguously: “Mr. Chairman, no one is above the law.”