The first time Bush threatened action to stop the inclusion of some anti-torture stuff I thought it was a fluke. It was too broadly written, or vague, or something. But now he is stopping attempt after attempt by the Congress, specifically John McCain, to include anti-torture wording in several bills. Every time it's in there Bush's administration has gone out of it's way to stop it. In particular they are concerned about the CIA not being able to torture suspects, probably in their black site prisons.
These people, these neo-cons, really believe in the value of torture. I'm convinced at this point that it's not just fun and games, I think they believe torture works. What's even more interesting is that it appears that some of the faulty Iraq intelligence came from a detained Al Qaeda source. Which is yet more evidence that information from torture is worthless. In addition to the fact that public knowledge of our own torture threatens the safety of our own troops in the field.
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