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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (111469)	2/18/2008 4:33:10 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

KT, I suspect we don't about all the successful interrogations the US has done using torture because it's not exactly something you can or want to brag about and it usually probably occurs outside the U.S. In addition, I think there would probably be some disagreement on the definition. I fact, I recall reading all sort of complaints by the left that the US was sending suspected terrorists to other countries to torture for the US before sending them to their ultimate destination. My view is that you shouldn't start by trapping yourself in in a way that could cost many US lives because of idealism. You should acknowledge torture is a bad idea, but also give some flexibility to the authorities/experts to use their judgment in some cases. Then, there has to be some sort of oversight to make sure the people with that kind of power do not abuse it (same with wire tapping, profiling etc..) It's not the power that's a problem. It's the potential abuse of power. If there is even one instance where it would have helped and we didn't use it because we were handcuffed and someone blows something up and kills 1000s of Americans, it's too late to admit you were wrong.