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R-Ark. who chaired a National Rifle Association task force after the Newtown massacre; William Sessions who served as FBI director under President George HW Bush; and Thomas Pickering that president's UN ambassadorThe 11 members had no trouble establishing that the Bush-Cheney techniques qualified as torture and "occurred in many instances and across a wide range of theaters" from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay They found this approach had "no justification"They determined that Bush and his senior aides "bear ultimate responsibility for allowing and contributing to the spread of illegal and improper interrogation techniques" They found no evidence that torture "produced significant information of value" but plenty that much of the information "was not useful or reliable"As president Bush insisted he was staying within the white lines He assured the world "The United States of America does not torture" His champions say the methods he approved did not qualify for that termBut you don't have to take the word of the American Civil Liberties Union on what constitutes torture You can take the word of the Bush administration In its assessment of foreign governments the panel noted the US government "has routinely and firmly condemned as torture and/or abuse many of the same techniques used by US personnel against detainees over the course of the past decade"It condemned Jordan for subjecting inmates to "forced standing in painful positions for prolonged periods" Waterboarding A form of torture when used by Sri Lanka and Tunisia Sleep deprivation When Iran Libya and Saudi Arabia do it it's an outrageThere is no way to prove that in some case at some time an exercise in sadism might not cause a hardened terrorist to reveal everything But theoretical payoffs don't excuse practices that the US government has declared off-limits for every other country Nor can they justify violating the international Convention Against Torture signed and celebrated by President Ronald ReaganThat treaty had a provision especially relevant in the aftermath of 9/11 It said "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever whether a state of war or a threat of war internal political instability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture" Torture as Reagan believed is not sometimes wrong It's always wrongThose who pretended otherwise made a choice that inflicted intense suffering and painful death on enemies real and imagined For Bush Cheney and their accomplices that choice should be a lasting disgrace,Ugg Pas Cher, Bush.Rangel,Uggs Pas Cher,New York Reps5 million people without power and thousands of water-logged homes and businesses continued to overshadow the lives of residents and officials from North Carolina through New England,Chaussures Louboutin Pas Cher, (AP)A leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus is under fire after accusing Tea Party representatives A video shows Rep.
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