otherwise known as today's episode of "24"... On Dec 31, 2007 8:25 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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:249380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
