Everyday Torture

Spiegel on China via Drudge:

Two years ahead of the Beijing Olympics, the face China presents to the world is that of a country that gives its citizens free rein to enrich themselves while dealing mercilessly with its critics. "Torture is part of everyday practice in police stations," says American law professor and attorney Jerome Cohen, who represents civil rights activists in China. Thirty-two journalists are currently in prison, and attorneys who are too forceful in defending their clients' rights are often jailed or become victims of beatings themselves.

Some leftist press are at least calling China to account. Keep up the pressure there, but there are no parallels with the US. This is a cautionary tale to journalists--pay attention NY Times national security leakers--of what American society would look like should we fail in our fight against Islamofascists and their Communist cousins.

UPDATE: I beg to differ with the Tribune. It is treason. There is nothing illegal about the SWIFT scrutiny. It is a method which does not impinge on civil liberties. Now the financial track terrorists use will go underground and our law enforcement will be forced to use other methods to cast a wider net and be more personally intrusive with less success, as evidence will be less conclusive. Now that we have homegrown terrorists this makes profiling both more difficult and more likely. How is this a social good?