Thread: Torture memos
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Old 01-30-2010, 10:59 AM   #5
Redux
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
My assumption is that there is no way to really prove every accusation without a complete evaluation based on subject matter experts who deal with people like this. I am not saying they have lied only that until they are examined by said experts that we will never know.
It is not really an issue of proving anything.

These are the accepted legal approaches to interrogation by US personnel..and they involve little, if any, subjective analysis of whether they inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell...4-52/app-h.htm


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And one of Obama's first Executive Orders was to put an end to the previous administration's approval of "enhanced interrogation techniques" that go above and beyond these procedures.

Period.

Last edited by Redux; 01-30-2010 at 11:12 AM.
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