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100			_aVinay Lal
245			_aTorture: an American success story
260			_c2005
300			_ap.1009-011.
362			_a12 Mar
520			_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.
650			_aUnited States - Politics and government
650			_aPolitics and government
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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