The art: Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions), 1991. (The work is photographic silkscreen on vinyl, 66 3/16 by 92 5/8 by 2 1/2 inches.)
The news: “Getting Away With Torture: Dick Cheney’s memoir shows the importance of the law, not torture,” by Dalia Lithwick for Slate.
The source: Collection of the Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. This work will be included in the PS1 exhibition “September 11,” curated by Peter Eleey. The show opens on Sept. 11.
this might not hurt, but close your eyes anyways: From the White House presser going on now.
Reporter: “Were any results of such [“enhanced interrogation”] techniques used to track down Bin Laden?”
Jay Carney, White House press secretary: “No single piece of information led to the successful mission that went down on Sunday. … Reporting from detainees was just a slice of the information gathered by incredibly diligent professionals over the years. It would be strange pejorative to suggest that a piece of information that was gathered eight years ago led to what happened on Sunday. That’s just not the case.”
Source: markcoatney
