It comes down to the ticking time-bomb scenario. The information extracted from Khaleid Sheik Muhammed saved thousands of lives, maybe more. From a legal standpoint, the practice should be illegal, but from a pragmatic standpoint, considering the ticking time-bomb scenario, the President has the authority to pardon people, and it is within his discretion to pardon the people who do it. The agents involved need to be so sure of the importance of the information they can get, e.g. preventing an attack that kills thousands of people, that they are willing to go to prison if the President disagrees with their actions.
On Dec 31, 2007 6:50 AM, G Money wrote: > There's really no doubt that it's torture. > > The question is: Can you still do it, if you know the person is harboring > information that could save lives? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
