Russell Brand: We Need to Know That People Are Being Pointlessly Tortured Around the World
The "Trews" host weighs in on the Senate Intelligence Committee's CIA torture report and the right-wing media's response.The “Trews” host weighs in on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report and the right-wing media’s response.
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