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Musicians Fight Back Against Music Torture [Political Stances]

Musicians Fight Back Against Music Torture [Political Stances] I don't want to get on a soapbox here, but the Bush Administration's authorization of torture and rendition is one of the most shameful episodes in our country's recent history. * One of the methods interrogators have for making detainees "talk" consists of playing music at super-loud volumes, sometimes for over 20 days at a time. That would drive anybody crazy. Reprieve, a group that represents 33 Guantanamo detainees, has banded together with concerned musicians to create a campaign called Zero dB: The campaign urges supporters to help bring to an end [...]
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