tags: Disappointing Torture, cultural observation, political commentary, politics, torture, funny, satire, humor, streaming video
Two agents (Jimmy Mulville and Phillip Pope) are preparing to interrogate a suspected secret agent (Tony Robinson). Unfortunately, the suspected secret agent is afraid of torture, which seems an ideal situation, right? Well, not really, not when you wish to test your torture kit for the first time.
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Tristero, who is also disgusted by Bush's de facto admission that he authorized torture, writes (emphasis original):
Helmut is one of those bloggers who doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Since torture seems to be under discussion by the A-list bloggers, I want to follow up on a point Helmut made in his Congressional testimony about torture.
In yesterday's NY Times, Ali Soufan, an F.B.I. supervisory special agent from 1997 to 2005 who worked on counterterrorism, wrote a devastating indictment of the failure of torture to collect useful intelligence.
wasn't tony robinson in blackadder (usually as the incredibly-loyal sidekick)?
Yep, he was Baldrick. Philip Pope was in it a few times too. I don't recall Jimmy Mulville being in it, but he might have appeared.
IMDB don't list Jimmy Mulville as in Blackadder. Not sure I'd call Baldrick loyal. He wasn't bright enough to understand that concept (at least after the first series, where he was the clever one and Blackadder was thick).
Tony is probably as famous now for presenting Time Team and other history programmes.