Davidsmedienkritik posts the latest cover of the mass circulation weekly magazine Der Spiegel, with its incendiary cover drawn from the latest batch of photos from Abu Ghraib, now years old. The cover caption reads:  "America's Disgrace: Torture in the Name of Freedom" David asks the right questions and makes some very solid points.  Torture in the name of freedom? Since when has America advocated torture as a means of promoting freedom? When someone is tortured or abused in a German jail in violation of established standards, does that mean the German government is torturing in the name of democracy as well? When illegal immigrants suffocate or commit suicide in German custody is that also in the name of democracy? It is as if the United States had never addressed the issue. It is as if the McCain bill torture ban had never been passed by Congress and signed by the President. This is a dangerously cynical equation of two concepts. Particularly in a Europe where the...(Read Full Post)