Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Did you know that elements of the US government actually approve of torturing prisoners? No surprise there, you're thinking. But wait, I mean not just a wink/nod, but that they have formally written as legal counsel that torture can be legal. Indeed, the Calgary Sun reports that:
"lawyers in the U.S. administration argued in a paper last year that President George W. Bush has supreme authority over the questioning of terrorist suspects, and can legally order interrogators to torture or commit other crimes against them."
Torture: if W says, we're down with that. And why stop there? Let's allow "other crimes" too! It's time to think outside the thumbscrews. Can anyone still pretend that the same government that appropriates "supreme authority" to itself is in any way representative of conservative principles?
I should also point out that the lawyers who wrote the paper weren't identified by name. Because as much as we like torture, we're even *more* down with Government Secrecy!
"lawyers in the U.S. administration argued in a paper last year that President George W. Bush has supreme authority over the questioning of terrorist suspects, and can legally order interrogators to torture or commit other crimes against them."
Torture: if W says, we're down with that. And why stop there? Let's allow "other crimes" too! It's time to think outside the thumbscrews. Can anyone still pretend that the same government that appropriates "supreme authority" to itself is in any way representative of conservative principles?
I should also point out that the lawyers who wrote the paper weren't identified by name. Because as much as we like torture, we're even *more* down with Government Secrecy!
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