1.0 link 157991 <![CDATA[You Call This Pressure on Obama to Keep Torturing?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-naif/you-call-this-pressure-on_b_157991.html Supposedly, there's an entrenched, influential pro-torture constituency that is threatening to thwart President-Elect Obama's pledge to bring an end to ruinous detention and torture policies.

A front page Washington Post article on Saturday entitled "Obama Under Pressure On Interrogation Policy" promised, but ultimately failed, to make the case that key players in the national security establishment who back torture practices are mounting an effective opposition to banning torture.

"Some See Harsh Methods as Essential," screamed the subtitle. The article cites four...

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