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To: jlallen who wrote (472472)4/16/2009 1:38:14 PM
From: Steve Dietrich  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575616
 
1. Waterboarding does not inflict severe physical pain.

Talk about disingenuous:

www2.ohchr.org

any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted

Your argument is the Nixonian: If the President orders it, it is not torture...

SD



To: jlallen who wrote (472472)4/16/2009 6:11:36 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575616
 
"2. Waterboarding was a legal sanction approved by Executive Order, per the legal opinions from DOJ which the President (was entitled to) rely upon."

Except for the fact that we signed a treaty which defines it different. There isn't any provision for changing definitions.


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