01397pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001400040245003900054260000900093300001600102362001100118520084800129650004400977650002801021773003401049909001001083999001701093952010501110180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVinay Lal  aTorture: an American success story  c2005  ap.1009-011.  a12 Mar  aPart of the extraordinary success of the US democracy resides in the fact that its political rituals preclude any real possibility of the emergence of dissent and are designed to reinforce conformity and consensus. The singular fact remains that well over 95 per cent of all presidential nominees to cabinet-level positions in the course of American history have been confirmed by the senate, and Alberto Gonzales's confirmation as attorney general was a foregone conclusion. In many other countries, the disclosures that have taken place about Gonzales approving the use of torture might not have been at all possible. But is it not more scandalous that, knowing all that the American public does know about Gonzales and his ilk, it should make no difference. Torture now joins the never-ending list of American success stories. - Reproduced.  aUnited States - Politics and government  aPolitics and government  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a64523  c64523d64523  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 40, Issue no: 11pAR64975r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR