"Pain equivilent to organ failure or death ..."

[Aho Old Guy]

F uck yeah. USA! USA! USA!
Psychologists Open a Window on Brutal C.I.A. Interrogations

...“I think any normal, conscionable man would have to consider carefully doing something like this,” Dr. Jessen said in a newly disclosed deposition. “I deliberated with great, soulful torment about this, and obviously I concluded that it could be done safely or I wouldn’t have done it.”

The two psychologists — whom C.I.A. officials have called architects of the interrogation program, a designation they dispute — are defendants in the only lawsuit that may hold participants accountable for causing harm.

The program has been well documented, but under deposition, with a camera focused on their faces, Drs. Jessen and Mitchell provided new details about the interrogation effort, their roles in it and their rationales. Their accounts were sometimes at odds with their own correspondence at the time, as well as previous portrayals of them by officials and other interrogators as eager participants in the program.

Thank you for your service Dr. Mengele, errr, Jessen. We get it --- you were just "following orders"

[CAA Flagship]

WARNING: The above link is to the New York Times.

[93henfan]

F uck yeah. USA! USA! USA!
Psychologists Open a Window on Brutal C.I.A. Interrogations

...“I think any normal, conscionable man would have to consider carefully doing something like this,” Dr. Jessen said in a newly disclosed deposition. “I deliberated with great, soulful torment about this, and obviously I concluded that it could be done safely or I wouldn’t have done it.”

The two psychologists — whom C.I.A. officials have called architects of the interrogation program, a designation they dispute — are defendants in the only lawsuit that may hold participants accountable for causing harm.

The program has been well documented, but under deposition, with a camera focused on their faces, Drs. Jessen and Mitchell provided new details about the interrogation effort, their roles in it and their rationales. Their accounts were sometimes at odds with their own correspondence at the time, as well as previous portrayals of them by officials and other interrogators as eager participants in the program.

Thank you for your service Dr. Mengele, errr, Jessen. We get it --- you were just "following orders"

I don't see how you can go on living in a country this oppressive. Let me help: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

[JohnStOnge]

WARNING: The above link is to the New York Times.

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything Trump says.

[93henfan]

WARNING: The above link is to the New York Times.

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything Trump says.

Y'OK.

[Aho Old Guy]

WARNING: The above link is to the New York Times.

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything Trump says.

The Righties hate it when that dang LIB'RUL MEDIA quotes video-taped depositions from court proceedings in their news articles.

They prefer destroying the video-tape evidence against them ...

[CID1990]

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything Trump says.

The Righties hate it when that dang LIB'RUL MEDIA quotes video-taped depositions from court proceedings in their news articles.

They prefer destroying the video-tape evidence against them ...

Is that the same as removing transcripts from the national archives, or is that different?


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[CAA Flagship]

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything Trump says.

The Righties hate it when that dang LIB'RUL MEDIA SELECTIVELY quotes video-taped depositions from court proceedings in their news articles.

They prefer destroying the video-tape evidence against them ...

FIFY

[Aho Old Guy]

I love Rightie duh-flection and false equivalencies. The ghost of Bill Buckley weeps for you.

On a completely related matter, Trump Nominee Who Wrote Bush-Era Torture Memos Is Scrutinized.

At least, it's not Johnny Yoo, right, Righties?

[Baldy]

WARNING: The above link is to the New York Times.

Which means it has a lot more credibility than anything The Hildabeast says.

See how that works?

[Gil Dobie]

Funny how there was no torture from 2009-2016.

[CID1990]

So

If you have a dude...

And he's part of a group that has a dirty bomb

And you already know that nuke is in the US

And when you interrogate him, he gives you the, "I wanna see Ivytalk" speech

Do you call Ivy, or do you pull out hid fingernails? (While telling him it's his balls if he lies)?

[AZGrizFan]

The Righties hate it when that dang LIB'RUL MEDIA quotes video-taped depositions from court proceedings in their news articles.

They prefer destroying the video-tape evidence against them ...

Is that the same as removing transcripts from the national archives, or is that different?


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Or the same as destroying 30,000 emails? Or is that different too?

[AZGrizFan]

Funny how there was no torture from 2009-2016.

[dbackjon]

The Righties hate it when that dang LIB'RUL MEDIA SELECTIVELY quotes video-taped depositions from court proceedings in their news articles.

They prefer destroying the video-tape evidence against them ...

FIFY

That's the job of Project Veritas and the RNC.

[Bisonfanatical]

So

If you have a dude...

And he's part of a group that has a dirty bomb

And you already know that nuke is in the US

And when you interrogate him, he gives you the, "I wanna see Ivytalk" speech

Do you call Ivy, or do you pull out hid fingernails? (While telling him it's his balls if he lies)?

Hard call..

It starts out cut and dried like this, until innocent people have lost their rights under the guise of this very situation.

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[andy7171]

Where does getting BF'ed fit into the organ failure/death pain scale? Kalmy? Dback? Raul?

[CID1990]

So

If you have a dude...

And he's part of a group that has a dirty bomb

And you already know that nuke is in the US

And when you interrogate him, he gives you the, "I wanna see Ivytalk" speech

Do you call Ivy, or do you pull out hid fingernails? (While telling him it's his balls if he lies)?

Hard call..

It starts out cut and dried like this, until innocent people have lost their rights under the guise of this very situation.

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I'm not allowing for this guy to be innocent

My scenario assumes there is no doubt

The question is- is there a situation where real torture is acceptable?

[Bisonfanatical]

Hard call..

It starts out cut and dried like this, until innocent people have lost their rights under the guise of this very situation.

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I'm not allowing for this guy to be innocent

My scenario assumes there is no doubt

The question is- is there a situation where real torture is acceptable?

I don't think it should ever be acceptable for any government institution to torture people.


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[CID1990]

I'm not allowing for this guy to be innocent

My scenario assumes there is no doubt

The question is- is there a situation where real torture is acceptable?

I don't think it should ever be acceptable for any government institution to torture people.


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Even if you have irrefutable evidence that the person has knowledge of an impending attack on a large population center?

I'm inclined to agree that torture is pretty much off limits in 99.99% of all circumstances- but I'm reluctant to say "never".


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[Bisonfanatical]

I don't think it should ever be acceptable for any government institution to torture people.


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Even if you have irrefutable evidence that the person has knowledge of an impending attack on a large population center?

I'm inclined to agree that torture is pretty much off limits in 99.99% of all circumstances- but I'm reluctant to say "never".


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I can see you're point, but it is such a slippery slope. To empower any government with that choice and to trust them that absolute power will not corrupt absolutely?

Whether or not a large group dies by a suicide bomber or a building being blown up or a dirty bomb, dead is dead.
You can't stop crazy nor can you protect every one from every thing.

I am a person that leans towards an eye for an eye. Like Russia or israel, you hit us buy accident or on purpose and we are going to nail your group or organization hard and brutal ... unfortunately, that gives them the first strike ... but not the last.

[CID1990]

Even if you have irrefutable evidence that the person has knowledge of an impending attack on a large population center?

I'm inclined to agree that torture is pretty much off limits in 99.99% of all circumstances- but I'm reluctant to say "never".


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I can see you're point, but it is such a slippery slope. To empower any government with that choice and to trust them that absolute power will not corrupt absolutely?

Whether or not a large group dies by a suicide bomber or a building being blown up or a dirty bomb, dead is dead.
You can't stop crazy nor can you protect every one from every thing.

I am a person that leans towards an eye for an eye. Like Russia or israel, you hit us buy accident or on purpose and we are going to nail your group or organization hard and brutal ... unfortunately, that gives them the first strike ... but not the last.

We entrust the government to kill these same people - every day

If they have actionable intelligence I doubt pouring water on their faces is more extreme than sending them off to the ol dirt nap

Part of the problem is that we have expanded the definition of torture

[Bisonfanatical]

I can see you're point, but it is such a slippery slope. To empower any government with that choice and to trust them that absolute power will not corrupt absolutely?

Whether or not a large group dies by a suicide bomber or a building being blown up or a dirty bomb, dead is dead.
You can't stop crazy nor can you protect every one from every thing.

I am a person that leans towards an eye for an eye. Like Russia or israel, you hit us buy accident or on purpose and we are going to nail your group or organization hard and brutal ... unfortunately, that gives them the first strike ... but not the last.

We entrust the government to kill these same people - every day

If they have actionable intelligence I doubt pouring water on their faces is more extreme than sending them off to the ol dirt nap

Part of the problem is that we have expanded the definition of torture

I agree with you on that

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[Aho Old Guy]

I can see you're point, but it is such a slippery slope. To empower any government with that choice and to trust them that absolute power will not corrupt absolutely?

Whether or not a large group dies by a suicide bomber or a building being blown up or a dirty bomb, dead is dead.
You can't stop crazy nor can you protect every one from every thing.

I am a person that leans towards an eye for an eye. Like Russia or israel, you hit us buy accident or on purpose and we are going to nail your group or organization hard and brutal ... unfortunately, that gives them the first strike ... but not the last.

We entrust the government to kill these same people - every day

If they have actionable intelligence I doubt pouring water on their faces is more extreme than sending them off to the ol dirt nap

Part of the problem is that we have expanded the definition of torture

Really, Cid? I don't think so.

Calling torture 'enhanced interrogation' is bogus as Hell. The CIA was 100% wrong to sully America with it, John Yoo was a dumb ass to '(re-)define' (NOT EXPAND) it, Bush/Cheney et. al. were jerk-offs to open the door, and Jack Ass Richard Burr (and 90%+ of Righties) who refuse to release the final report are putting politics before the best interests of America.

Axis soldiers/leaders were executed for 'enhanced interrogation' techniques. Rightfully so. I'm not suggesting the same fate for the morons who brought this shame upon America, but to brush it off is pathetic, hypocritical, and against the ideals of our nation.

SHAME !!

[CID1990]

We entrust the government to kill these same people - every day

If they have actionable intelligence I doubt pouring water on their faces is more extreme than sending them off to the ol dirt nap

Part of the problem is that we have expanded the definition of torture

Really, Cid? I don't think so.

Calling torture 'enhanced interrogation' is bogus as Hell. The CIA was 100% wrong to sully America with it, John Yoo was a dumb ass to '(re-)define' (NOT EXPAND) it, Bush/Cheney et. al. were jerk-offs to open the door, and Jack Ass Richard Burr (and 90%+ of Righties) who refuse to release the final report are putting politics before the best interests of America.

Axis soldiers/leaders were executed for 'enhanced interrogation' techniques. Rightfully so. I'm not suggesting the same fate for the morons who brought this shame upon America, but to brush it off is pathetic, hypocritical, and against the ideals of our nation.

SHAME !!

I'm not talking about what happened before the flashlight got shone on what was going on during rendition, but thanks for playing

Sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation used to be widely accepted. In many cases those are being looped in with other techniques that are more commonly accepted as forms of torture. This is all an outgrowth of the revealed use of water boarding

The needle most certainly has moved - semantics have little to do with it

If we called pulling fingernails "enhanced interrogation" then you'd be more on the mark, but we don't. We call it what it is