Bush/Cheney follow pre-holiday pattern...change torture definition

nascarblue

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Fri Dec-31-04 03:36 AM
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Bush/Cheney follow pre-holiday pattern...change torture definition

The Justice Department published a revised and expansive definition late yesterday of acts that constitute torture under domestic and international law, overtly repudiating one of the most criticized policy memorandums drafted during President Bush's first term.

In a statement published on the department's Web site, the head of its Office of Legal Counsel declares that "torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and international norms" and goes on to reject a previous statement that only "organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death" constitute torture punishable by law.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37687-2004Dec30.html?referrer=emailarticle

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zann725

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:34 AM
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1. Doesn't that kind of remind you of when you were a kid...

and the neighborhood bully made up the rules as he went in your favorite board games (which had their own printed rule books, but heck, THAT never mattered to the Bully...since everyone was afraid of, and never once challenged him).

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