Wednesday, September 27, 2006
How Much Can We Get Away With?
It deeply saddens me that our Congress is debating exactly how much torture we can get away with:
The new measures provide defendants with more legal rights than they had under the old system, but it eliminates their right to challenge their detention and treatment in federal court.
The bill forbids treatment of detainees that would constitute war crimes - such as torture, rape and biological experiments - but gives the president the authority to decide which other techniques interrogators can use.
We have truly lost our way as a nation.
