In the depressing State Department report on various human rights abuses across the world, I was struck by this statement about Jordan:
"The most frequently reported methods of torture included beating, sleep deprivation, extended solitary confinement, and physical suspension."
That’s a pretty solid definition of torture. It comports with U.S. domestic and military law and the U.N. Convention on torture to which the US is a signatory. But it also means – and must mean – that the president is a liar. I wonder if that was what someone in Foggy Bottom specifically wanted to point out. If so, vive la resistance.
The Dish 