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To: Dale Baker who wrote (5403)	11/16/2005 3:56:52 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543205

In the real world, the guys who want to thump information out of bad guys want to do it far in advance Which is why we need laws and policies against torture. But we make rules all the time knowing that they will be broken in extreme situations and knowing that we approve of them being broken. We expect people to speed when they're rushing someone to the hospital or trying to escape from a bad guy. Even though we have laws against speeding, we don't condemn them being broken in valid circumstances. Abu Graib was not valid, but that doesn't mean that there never will be a genuine emergency. You tell your daughter not to leave the house after dark but you don't expect her to sit there if the house is on fire. You expect her to use her judgment and realize that escaping danger trumps staying indoors after dark. I understand that winking can trigger a slippery slope, but refusing to recognize that there might sometime be a wink scenario is just as problematic.