Balkinization wrote about Rice's statements on the memos. "In this excerpt, she seems to suggest that (1) President Bush directly ordered enhanced interrogation practices, (2) that she did not authorize these practices, but merely conveyed the authorization to others, and finally, (3) that because the President authorized them, these practices did not violate the Convention Against Torture. Rice did not, however, explain why they did not violate the Anti-Torture Statute or the War Crimes Act, both passed by Congress." It then goes on to shred all the arguments.
ProPublica wrote Torture Memos vs. Red Cross Report: Prisoners’ Recollections Differ from Guidelines "Below is a comparison of the recently released 'torture memos,' prepared by Bush administration lawyers, and a leaked Red Cross report in which prisoners were interviewed about being on the receiving end of the interrogation techniques. The chart is based on research by the ACLU, which filed lawsuits to get the memos released."
The ACLU Blog of Rights wrote Torture, Plain and Simple. "It doesn’t matter if torture works, because it’s illegal...And it doesn’t matter what the polls say, because it’s still illegal." and they add, "And while we’re at it, let’s call a spade a spade. As constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley said on Rachel Maddow the other night: It’s obviously disturbing to hear torture still referred to by the president as a ‘technique.’ That’s like saying bank robbery is a ‘technique’ for withdrawing money from a bank. It’s not a ‘technique’, it’s a crime…"
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