1. France’s Le Pen Says Torture Can Be ‘Useful’ to Fight Terrorism

The leader of France’s anti-immigrant, anti-European Union National Front, Marine Le Pen, said that torture can be sometimes “useful” to fight terrorism, in response the U.S. Senate report on the CIA.

“There can be cases -- when there is a bomb ticking, that can explode in an hour or two and kill 200 or 300 civilians -- where it can be useful to have to make someone talk with the means available,” Le Pen told RMC radio and BFM Television today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-10/france-s-le-pen-says-torture-can-be-useful-to-fight-terrorism.html



2. Marine Le Pen: Muslims in France 'like Nazi occupation'

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-Right, drew heavy criticism after she said Muslims praying outside were like Nazi occupiers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8197895/Marine-Le-Pen-Muslims-in-France-like-Nazi-occupation.html

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criticized Muslims praying in the streets when mosques are full.

Talking about occupation, we could talk about that (street prayers), because that is clearly an occupation of the territory."

"It is an occupation of sections of the territory, of neighborhoods in which religious law applies, it is an occupation. There are no tanks, there are no soldiers, but it is an occupation anyhow, and it weighs on people," she added.

She reacted indignantly on Tuesday to news of the trial. "It is a scandal that a political leader can be sued for expressing her beliefs," she said. "Those who denounce the illegal behavior of fundamentalists are more likely to be sued than the fundamentalists who behave illegally."