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Lisa Hajjar, "Torture and the Lawless ‘New Paradigm,’" Middle East Report Online, December 9, 2005.


The president who campaigned on a pledge to "restore honor and dignity to the White House" has now been compelled to declaim: "We abide by the law of the United States, and we do not torture." In the closing months of 2005, President George W. Bush has been forced to repeat this undignified denial several times, most recently with the head of the World Health Organization standing beside him, because a dwindling number of people believe him.

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