Monday, February 18, 2008

Torture, American Style

Friends,
This is from the NY Times. He oughta' to know.

Rev O

"My policy as the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantánamo was that evidence derived through waterboarding was off limits. That should still be our policy. To do otherwise is not only an affront to American justice, it will potentially put prosecutors at risk for using illegally obtained evidence."

Unforgivable Behavior, Inadmissible Evidence
By MORRIS DAVIS
The mistreatment of detainees is all or nothing: We either do stuff like that or we do not. It is in our national interest to restore our reputation for the latter.

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