Torturer-in-Chief: Secret Prisons in Eastern Europe!

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Scarletwine said:


In such an urgent and rare instance, an interrogator might well try extreme measures to extract information that could save lives. Should he do so, and thereby save an American city or prevent another 9/11, authorities and the public would surely take this into account when judging his actions and recognize the extremely dire situation which he confronted. But I don't believe this scenario requires us to write into law an exception to our treaty and moral obligations that would permit cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. To carve out legal exemptions to this basic principle of human rights risks opening the door to abuse as a matter of course, rather than a standard violated truly in extremis. It is far better to embrace a standard that might be violated in extraordinary circumstances than to lower our standards to accommodate a remote contingency, confusing personnel in the field and sending precisely the wrong message abroad about America's purposes and practices.

McCain was on the Daily show a few wks ago and said basically the same thing...I think it's a better way to go about things. It's a sad day when you've got to attach anti-torture legislature to something just to get it through. :huh:

frist is worried that the release of this info may endanger nat'l security...where have I heard that before?
 
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