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You should have kept reading. The article goes into quite a bit of detail on this debate and how the CIA was preparing before their confessions to explain that they were forced to say things. There is a rich story around many people and their different accounts.

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The US government had two years of POW "confessions" trickling out before the POW confession parade started in 1952.

Of course they would have prepared. They knew what was coming.

If one believes these confessions THEY MUST ALSO believe confessions obtained under police torture, right?

After someone was tortured by police and he is safely home away from the police, we should listen to what he says. If he is no longer under coercion, it is more likely to be honest.

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