CBC: CSIS may use intelligence derived from torture, Toews says
The federal government has directed Canada's spy agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture in cases where public safety is at stake.
The order represents a reversal of policy for the Conservative government, which once insisted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service would discard information if there was any inkling it might be tainted.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has quietly told CSIS the government now expects the spy service to "make the protection of life and property its overriding priority."
A copy of the two-page December 2010 directive was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/02/07/pol-cp-torture-csis.html
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They do realize that "intelligence" gained from torture is absolutely fucking useless right? Responses under torture are 100% geared towards getting the torturers to stop whatever it is they are doing...
What the fuck is going on when "civilized" governments toss away basic human rights for imaginary gains?
Do they not realize that this means that the bad guys now have very justification to do the same bloody thing?
We are supposed to be BETTER than the bad guys....
