60 Minutes segment on torture of westerners....

[Postman]

...and because Bush is a friend and business partner of the Saudi ruling family these stone-age knuckledraggers continue to breathe.

[Wonk]

1. Coerced confessions and a kangaroo court.

(CBS) Why did the Government of Saudi Arabia frame seven westerners for a series of car bombings they didn't commit?

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"It initially started with punchings and kickings, and that progressed from beating me on the soles of my feet to being hung upside down in a position known as the chicken -- with your feet uppermost and your feet and backside exposed, readily available for beating,” says Sampson. “And between interrogation sessions, I was returned to the same cell and handcuffed to the door, so I couldn't sit down and I couldn't sleep.”

He said that after being beating on the soles of his feet and chained to the door, he stood in agony: “There's no way you can, I could even kneel down in that position, and so I'd be standing on my feet which were swollen, so badly swollen that they were actually exuding plasma through the skin.”

How long did it take before he confessed? “On the night of the sixth day is when I started to confess, when I would, I couldn't take any more,” says Sampson. “At that stage, I mean, I used to pray that, I would pray during the beatings that I would black out, and I never did. And by that stage, I was actually praying that I would just die.”

more...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/06/60minutes/main615986.shtml

Sound similar to what went on at Abu Ghraib? Not only is it inhumane but it's not reliable either.