Friday, January 19, 2007

Torture: Kind Of Bad. Coercion: OK.

The Pentagon announced yesterday that it is implementing new rules for upcoming Guantanamo trials.

It will not use statements obtained by torture. It will use physical evidence obtained by torture.

Coercion? No problem, coerce away, the statements and evidence obtained are admissible.

Class assignment: Re-read Alice In Wonderland.

2 comments:

Ron Davison said...

"I like to do six impossible things before breakfast," said the red(neck) king.

Anonymous said...

That's kind of a strange rule to make, since we have never, ever, tortured anybody.

We're the "good guys," remember?