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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (470961)4/12/2009 7:17:13 PM
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You are mistaken. There was no "officially authorized torture" by Bush.

December 30, 2004
MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and to international norms. This universal repudiation of torture is reflected in our criminal law, for example, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340A; international agreements, exemplified by the United Nations Convention Against Torture (the "CAT") (1); customary international law (2); centuries of Anglo-American law (3); and the longstanding policy of the United States, repeatedly and recently reaffirmed by the President. (4)
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