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April 30, 2012

Help Wanted: 'Torturer'

Daniel Knowles, Daily Telegraph

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Quite a job in the media section of this morning's Guardian. Right in the middle, between the usual "life-changing careers" for "communications managers", there is an advert for a "Torturer", starting on £16,000 to £21,000 a year.

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