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  •  "Better late than never" (none / 0)

    If they are actually going to stop having people tortured, then sure, better late then never. But do you believe they're going to stop? I don't.

    by gong on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 07:14:18 AM PDT

    •  Smoke Screen (4.00 / 3)

      They aren't going to change squat. They are basically saying torturing within the United States is illegal. It just means they have other ways to torture.

      This finding doesn't rule out sending people to "friendly" countries. What was the quote? Send them to Jordan for a serious interrogation, Syria to be tortured, and Egypt to disappear.

      Also, they maintain that Guantanamo is under Cuban law and not U.S. law. Wouldn't you just love to see Castro try to enforce Cuban law?

      And what about Diego Garcia?

      Don't believe it for a minute. The fact that this came through official channels means that it is proopganda. And we know how truthful this so called "moral" President is.

      Hey, W. "Thou shalt not bear false witness."

      by Aguas de Marco on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 07:19:15 AM PDT

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      •  W stands for war criminal (none / 0)

        This evil liar is just throwing the RWCM a little  bone to lead them off the track- you are right that torture will continue whenever it suits Bush and his minions.

        What a disgrace to America to have such a slime in office.

        by MD patriot on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 07:22:12 AM PDT

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    •  Well you know the old saying... (none / 0)

      It's not illegal until you get caught. (I actually heard this saying from an ex-cop driving instructor I had when I was learning to drive).

      So maybe they're taking it to heart.  It's not like the media will go looking for torture or anything.

      I got nothing.

      by DawnG on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 07:39:15 AM PDT

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    •  It reminds of something my local (none / 1)

      SWAT commander (great guy, for a cop) said to me once about a certain pernicious habit of mine;

      ITS NOT ILLEGAL UNTIL YOU GET CAUGHT

      But they have been caught, so its too late.
      (at least in Geneva and the Hague, if not Springfield, USA)

      Whatever they say now has the same moral force and weight as a child- molesting Priest prosyletizing against the "homosexual lifestyle"

      Emancipate yourself from Mental Slavery, No one but ourselves can free our Minds.

      by TustonDAZ on Fri Dec 31, 2004 at 07:40:15 AM PDT

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