Keith, Torture is designed for surviving. Killing the suspect would defeat the purpose.
On Apr 22, 8:21 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a better way of framing your question Studio, is, "That if the > enhanced interrogation technique of waterboarding is 'torture', then how > does one survive the procedure after 183 times?" > > (As Bybee, Bradbury, Yoo and "Rumsfeld's Defense Department Working Group" > Memoranda all attest, the modern day waterboarding was a Level III enhanced > interrogation technique, which was done after all other techniques had > failed, and was utilized on only three individals, who clearly knew that an > iminent attack was going to take place in the United States, e.g.; a plane > from Southeast Asia being targeted into a Los Angeles skyscraper, and a > dirty bomb being set off in Washington D.C. > > The waterboarding procedure, which took place for a maximum of 40 seconds, > and never caused any pain, or any physical harm or mental harm, and was at > all times monitored by both a medical doctor and a psychologist. > > Hardly torture. > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:13 PM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 22, 6:06 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > since your boy barry is so willing to compromise national security by > > > releasing secret memos describing our questioning of terrorists , then > > > why will he not release the memos that also show how many attacks > > > these tactics we used prevented. could it be because these memos will > > > show just how effective these tactics actually are. could show what a > > > partisan ass he really is. > > > It very well could show just how un-effective it was, and Obama is > > protecting > > Cheney and Bush...for now. > > > If torture was so effective, why did they torture the one guy 183 > > times? > > You actually think he had 183 separate things to say? > > Or was it just not working? > > > Don't Republicans have anything to offer America besides lies and BS?- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
