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Re: 'Torture' saved British lives...
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Originally Posted by martyh
As Rizzyking said earlier ,torture takes many forms ,from physical to mental and i would say that waterboarding falls mainly into the mental catorgory ,although i accept there is a physical aspect it is mainly mental torture.The dilemma facing governments is what is an acceptible method of extracting information ,does the interogator ask politely or does he scream and shout or does he employ methods such as waterboarding which although distastful and illegal in this country is deemed acceptible in the US and will yield results in some cases ,because as has always been said torture is unreliable which by definition means it works some times
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Erm, no.
The USA tried and hanged Japanese soldiers who carried out waterboarding during the Second World War - John McCain
Also, in the US of A, it's banned by domestic law link
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In 1983, Texas Sheriff James Parker was charged, along with three of his deputies, for handcuffing prisoners to chairs, placing towels over their faces, and pouring water on the cloth until they gave what the officers considered to be confessions. The sheriff and his deputies were all convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.
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and international treaties, but those policies don't cover CIA personnel - the advice GWB was given was the advice he wanted - link
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"Tom Kean, who was a former Republican co-chair of the 9/11 commission, said they got legal opinions they wanted from their own people."
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GWB signed an Executive Order in 2007 which exempted the CIA from the same rules as the US Armed Forces and US Civilians - it it wasn't illegal, why wasn't it illegal for all of them?
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