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To: tejek who wrote (471240)	4/13/2009 12:31:47 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575706

My statement was accurate. Nothing in that presentation proves it was not. In addition, torture is a crime. It is a crime to commit torture in the US or outside the US. It is a crime to conspire to commit torture. It is a crime not to take effective measures to prevent torture. And participation in attempts and complicity to commit acts of torture are crimes. "Congress enacted sections 2340-2340A to carry out the United States' obligations under the CAT. See H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 103-482, at 229 (1994). The CAT, among other things, obligates state parties to take effective measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under their jurisdiction, and requires the United States, as a state party, to ensure that acts of torture, along with attempts and complicity to commit such acts, are crimes under U.S. law. See CAT arts. 2, 4-5. Sections 2340-2340A satisfy that requirement with respect to acts committed outside the United States. Conduct constituting "torture" occurring within the United States was--and remains--prohibited by various other federal and state criminal statutes that we do not discuss here. " The fact remains, however, that only the relevant definition of 'torture' applies and waterboarding, as used during the Bush administration, did not satisfy that definition.