TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
35% of Americans polled believed that torture was acceptable under some circumstances. Murdered detainee, Abu Ghraib Even after the Abu Ghraib photographs. And I think that shows the way that this kind of popular culture has built a constituency for torture ... which allows the Bush White House to get away with the way it twists laws and treaties ... and doesn't spark popular outrage. [Narrator] On a conservative radio show, Vice-President Dick Cheney openly defended the practice of waterboarding. [Scott Hennen, WDAY North Dakota] Would you agree, a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives? [Dick Cheney, Vice President] Well, um, it's a no-brainer for me ...
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