torture

I'm glad that not everyone in the Defense Department endorsed torture. Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tactics The inside story of criminal investigators who tried to stop abuse PART ONE OF TWO By Bill Dedman Investigative reporter MSNBC Updated: 10:35 a.m. MT Oct 24, 2006 Speaking...

The thread about OBL's alledged death made me think of starting this poll. I would say definately yes. ETA: torture for extracting information only.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/10/wirq10.xml Terrible.

Oh, the humanity!!

BBC News Report Damn UN. Why do they hate our freedom?

By "torture", I'm not talking about sleep deprivation and being photographed nude. I'm talking real torture. Things you don't even want to imagine. Here is a scenario where I would support it... We know that a nuclear bomb has come into the country. We know it is a matter of days before it...

'Never Before!' Our Amnesiac Torture Debate

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/09intel.html This NYTimes story (registration likely needed) suggests that in the run-up to the war, the Administration and Intelligence officials relied/counted on information that there was a link between AlQeda and Iraq. Indeed, Cheney continues to...

I'm probably 50 yards behind play with this. However, just in case I'm not: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/12/uk-law-lords-rule-against-use-of.php The House of Lords has decided that, if the appellant appearing before SIAC can show, on balance of probability, that the evidence...