In August 2002, the Justice Department advised the White House that torturing al Qaeda terrorists in captivity abroad "may be justified," and that international laws against torture "may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations" conducted in President Bush's war on terrorism, according to a newly obtained memo.
So what does it all mean? Is America immune to International laws just because of claims that it might, just might be unconstitutional to the American constitution? So the international laws are for everyone else other than the Americans? Hmmmm... what a strange concept...
"necessity and self-defense could provide justifications that would eliminate any criminal liability"
R.i.g.h.t. Of course it’s necessary to torture prisoners and of course it’s self-defense to torture prisoners who cannot fight back. =_=
What bullshit!
Pentagon officials said the group examined at least 35 interrogation techniques, and Rumsfeld later approved using 24 of them in a classified directive on April 16, 2003, that governed all activities at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon has refused to make public the 24 interrogation procedures.
Hmmm....I wonder what the 24 interrogation procedures are...*ponders*
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you should be glad then that ashcroft might be in contempt of congress for failing to hand over the memos.
it's all over the current news there...
INTERESTING.
Dems and Rep senators are munching into ashcroft.
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