[Peace-discuss] NYT review of Mayer's Dark Side Tues in Art Section today

[Barbara kessel]

Paul, I have read McCoy's book and recommend it, and I have even heard
him speak.  I have not yet read Jane Mayer's book, but I understand
from McCoy himself that things changed after 9/11.

While the research had been perking away for years and experiments by
the CIA in Vietnam and Phillippines had occurred, involving an
incredible amount of death and torture, those events had been
insulated from other government parts so most everyone else could
pretend we were not doing them. This current time takes it to a whole
new level which requires getting acquiescence from the Congress, from
the Pentagon, from the Supremes (little sticky there) and from the
American public. This makes it important not to act like "people in
the know" know that this has always been going on and the implication
is that if you are shocked, then you are naive and should get over it.
Barbara

On 7/22/08, Paul Mueth <paulmueth at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What's op with that?
>  seems like i should be in sunday  book section. .
>  cross town animosity .. .
>
>  not  abad review
>  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/books/22schuessler.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=arts&pagewanted=print
>
>  but someone needs to ask Mayer believes the CIA hasn't
>  tortured rather regulatly
>
>  McCoy's book seems to have eloded her . .
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