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Of course they don't torture.
According to their definition of torture, anyway.
To them, it's not torture until it causes pain equivalent to organ failure.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
CIA admits existence of interrogation directives
Bush signed one -- ACLU pushes for their public release
David Johnston, New York Times
San Francisco GateThe CIA has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified do ents -- including a directive signed by President Bush -- that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terrorism suspects.
The CIA referred to the do ents in a letter sent Friday from the agency's associate general counsel, John McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The contents of the do ents were not revealed, but one of them is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees," the ACLU said, based on its review of published accounts.
The second do ent, according to the group, is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top al Qaeda members."
"We do not torture," Mr Bush told reporters during a visit to Panama
Of course they don't torture.
According to their definition of torture, anyway.
To them, it's not torture until it causes pain equivalent to organ failure.
I wonder if the Hague and the German courts will define torture as 'liberally' as Alberto Gonzo? Geez, talk about activist Judges. It will be interesting to see.
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