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July 24, 2008
CIA memos say 'specific intent' of 'pain and suffering' necessary for interrogations to be considered torture.
By Amanda Lang
The released FOIA DoJ memos effectively say that "as long as CIA agents could convince themselves they were not deliberately inflicting severe pain or suffering on detainees, they were free to do virtually anything in their questioning of suspected terrorists, including waterboarding." Bybee and Yoo must be disbarred ASAP. Neither should be allowed near a law school.
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The released FOIA DoJ memos effectively say that "as long as CIA agents could convince themselves they were not deliberately inflicting severe pain or suffering on detainees, they were free to do virtually anything in their questioning of suspected terrorists, including waterboarding." Bybee and Yoo must be disbarred ASAP. Neither should be allowed near a law school.OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.