There are several laws on various books banning torture.
You've got the whole thing in the Constitution about "cruel and unusual punishment" and then there's like the Geneva Conventions and a few other similar things.
AND NOW, GEORGE W. BUSH TAKES A STAND AND BANS TORTURE AGAIN! At least, that's according to [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/20/bush.terrorism.ap/index.html|a July 20, 2007 article] from AP.org that I found at CNN.com. Here's some of what it said:
President Bush breathed new life into the CIA's terror interrogation program Friday in an executive order that would allow harsh questioning of suspects, limited in public only by a vaguely worded ban on cruel and inhuman treatment.
Wow. Bush has a funny way of banning torture, doesn't he? I mean, what the hell does "cruel and inhuman treatment" mean? And, for that matter, what the hell does "harsh questioning" mean? I'm pretty sure that could mean waterboarding. I mean, that's pretty harsh, isn't it?
Well, damn, Bush! You didn't ban shit!
Well, there's more from the article:
The order bars some practices such as sexual abuse, part of an effort to quell international criticism of some of the CIA's most sensitive and debated work. It does not say what practices would be allowed.
The executive order is the White House's first public effort to reach into the CIA's five-year-old terror detention program, which has been in limbo since a Supreme Court decision last year called its legal foundation into question.
Isn't it great when the media actually manages to be unbiased? I mean, CNN wouldn't want to come out against or for using torture.
Would they?
SIGH...
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