Making Torture Legal
Posted March 3rd, 2006 by quarsan
The US is claiming that it doesn't torture. So why, when faced with a lawsuit are they saying Guantanamo is exempt from laws prohibiting torture?
There's only one answer. Here's the interrogation log (pdf) for the prisoner concerned. Even the Judge, when faced with the government's claims that torture wasn't practised felt compelled to ask:
"I know it's a sad day when a federal judge has to ask a DOJ attorney this, but I'm asking you -- why should I believe them?" Kessler asked Justice Department attorney Terry Henry.
Why indeed.
US is going through the
US is going through the semantics of what constitutes torture and has reserved the right to define toture in its own terms - what does those gods say? or UK for that matter?