Listen to Donald Rumsfeld on Desert Island Discs

on 07 February 2012


On tenth anniversary of the US legal memos authorising the use of torture, former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld* chooses his favourite torture tunes for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs**.

Songs include Barney the Purple Dinosaur and Born in the USA, both blasted at prisoners held beyond the rule of law in CIA black sites as part of the so-called War on Terror.

*Sadly, the real Donald Rumsfeld was not available. With thanks to comedian Kevin Eldon.

**Almost. With thanks to actress Julia Davis and producer Katie Green.

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