Yep, we can torture
Posted on September 28th, 2006 by ecthompson
In a move that just makes me ill the Senate has approved a bill that allows torture. I just can’t beleive it. I thought that we were the good guys. I thought we wore the white hats. Obviously, I was wrong. We will do anything in the name of “security.” Although the bill outlaws torture it gives the president the right to use “aggressive techniques” which is a euphemism for torture. The bill gives the president the power to decide what’s appropriate and what is not.
[...] Glenn Greenwald has an excellent piece on the Detainee Bill (which I commented on here). His discussion is fabulous. He includes information from current law professors and goes back to our founders to support our enlightened position that this bill is simply wrong. There is no justification to get any president this much power. None. You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos [...]