# USA swears “We Don’t TORTURE”

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Podcast: [Top Stories!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-stories-5720372)
Published: 2026-05-05T10:30:20+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to Top Stories. We’re heading all the way back to 2009, 27th of April. As Andy and John have are arms twisted to talk about the US torture truths in issues 71, Top Story!   That was another Top Story. Thanks for listening. Now pop over the mothership and listen to the last Bugle podcast. It’s like Top Stories, but longer and newer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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