Is The Washington Post Pro-Torture?

February 19, 2010  |  Posted by Danielle Belton

"They're not torturers. They're heroes."

-- Marc Thiessen, former Bush speechwriter and soon-to-be editorial writer for The Washington Post

Video courtesy of Crooks & Liars

Washington Post Editor Fred Hiatt has just announced he plans to hire pro-torture ideologue and former Bush White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen for his influential paper’s editorial page.

The same Marc Thiessen who called those who tortured suspects in American custody "heroes."

Tell Fred Hiatt that Marc Thiessen is too extreme for The Washington Post.

Why is he too extreme?

• Thiessen has vigorously defended the draconian Bush-Cheney era practice of water boarding.

• He has called President Obama “dangerous” for ending the CIA’s torture program -- even though that program was in violation of the law, both U.S. and international.

• Thiessen claims that terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah “thanked” those who tortured him. And in his own twisted logic, Thiessen believes all Muslims held in U.S. custody want to be tortured as dictated by how Thiessen interprets their faith. Said Thiessen: The terrorists are called by their faith to resist as far as they can -- and once they have done so, they are free to tell everything they know. This is because of their belief that "Islam will ultimately dominate the world and that this victory is inevitable." The job of the interrogator is to safely help the terrorist do his duty to Allah, so he then feels liberated to speak freely.

Sign the petition and stand with us. Tell Fred Hiatt that Marc Thiessen doesn’t belong on the pages of The Washington Post.

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