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This is what Bush and Cheney did to prisoners for days and weeks at a time. Jose Padilla was kept blindfolded and without sound even for routine dental trips. This is what it did to him:

"During questioning, [Padilla] often exhibits facial tics, unusual
eye movements and contortions of his body," Mr. Patel said. "The
contortions are particularly poignant since he is usually manacled and
bound by a belly chain when he has meetings with counsel."

This was the basis for the Bush administration's intelligence. Feel safer?

Earlier research has shown the S allele to be strongly linked with a range of negative emotions, including anxiety and depression.

Critically, it is also associated with the impulse to stay out of harm's way.

"I don't argue with you that the 10-year average for the past 10 years is higher than the previous 10 years," said Easterbrook, who has self-published some of his research. "We started the cooling trend after 1998. You're going to get a different line depending on which year you choose.

"Should not the actual temperature be higher now than it was in 1998?" Easterbrook asked. "We can play the numbers games."

Grego produced three charts to show how choosing a starting date can alter perceptions. Using the skeptics' satellite data beginning in 1998, there is a "mild downward trend," he said. But doing that is "deceptive."

The trend disappears if the analysis starts in 1997. And it trends upward if you begin in 1999, he said.

National Ocean And Atmospheric Administration's climate data center on global temperatures:

http://tinyurl.com/noaatemps

National Air and Space Administration's global temperature data: http://tinyurl.com/nasatemps

Britain's Hadley Meteorological Centre global temperature data: http://tinyurl.com/hadleytemps

University of Alabama in Huntsville satellite measurement of temperatures: http://climate.uah.edu/