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Many of you have heard of Chief Justice Earl Warren especially since his decision in Brown vs Board of Education had such a major ramification on civil rights. It was because of this decision, of course, that the practice of “equal, but separate” schooling ended.

So, you might also be surprised to learn that at the beginning of WWII, as Governor of California, he agreed with the internment of immigrant Japanese first, and then citizen Japanese as well. Only until after his death did he mention that decision as being a very tough one, but one, he felt that was necessary for the security of a nation that had been attacked by Japan. Also, as Governor of California, and with the Japanese having attacked many countries and islands in the Pacific, he was concerned that California itself would become part of the war theatre.

Fast forward to 9/11 when our nation had to make some very important security decisions. The CIA decided to use “enhanced interrogation techniques” on Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) and Zubaydah. When they did so, in a limited way, in fact, according to John Kiriakou, in less than 35 seconds. they secured information that a second attack in Los Angeles had been planned and were able to foil that. So many lives were saved. According to Politico, “in 2002 four members of Congress were given a virtual tour of the CIA’s overseas detention sites and were briefed on interrogation techniques. The bipartisan group, which included Pelosi, was specifically briefed on waterboarding. None of the four complained, and one of them asked if the methods being used were tough enough…if Congress had wanted to kill the program, all it had to do was withhold funding, which didn’t happen.“

Additionally,Rep. Peter Hoekstra said “Mr. Obama overruled the advice of his CIA director, Leon Panetta, and four prior CIA directors by releasing the details of the enhanced interrogation program. Former CIA director Michael Hayden has stated clearly that declassifying the memos will make it more difficult for the CIA to defend the nation.” Rep. Hoekstra also stated that we should have a commission to study the negative impact on our national security from releasing this information.

Want to see what real torture is all about check out this smuggled video from ABC News of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, brother of the country’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed in the UAE, torturing a farmer for some lost crops.

No one likes torture. However, we have to realize that the brain washed Islamist that we are facing care nothing for our liberties. George Orwell said “we sleep safe in our beds at night, because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”