If only MacConnell put as much effort at making up fanciful tales in his novels as he does in his blog posts, he might get published in the US of A.
EI&R as practiced by the CIA was approved by the White House, then reviewed and approved by the Justice Department. It wasn’t made illegal until last year.
That’s funny, the United States government has prosecuted and imprisoned sadists who use water torture (and other kinds of torture) for over a century. Japanese officers were given 15 years in prison for using water torture. A Texas Sheriff was given a ten year sentence for using water torture back in the 1980s.
The fact that the Crawford Caligula got his henchmen to say that torture only includes death or loss of organ function is irrelevant. Torture has been illegal (with no exceptions) since the 8th Amendment outlawed it over two hundred years ago. It doesn’t matter how many trained monkeys see, hear and speak no evil about it.
Torturers are war criminals who need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law -not rewarded with government jobs. Morally retarded individuals who aren’t sure if torture is illegal must also be barred from public service.
