Even the 9th Circuit agrees no torture

[RetiredGySgt]

Court rejects torture-related case against Bush lawyer - Yahoo! News

So much for the claim Bush tortured anyone or authorized Torture, even the most Liberal Court in the Country found the techniques did not clearly meet the standard of Torture.

 

[George Costanza]

Court rejects torture-related case against Bush lawyer - Yahoo! News

Holding that Yoo is immune from suit is not the same thing as a substantive ruling on whether or not the techniques which Yoo recommended to Bush amounted to torture.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

So much for the claim Bush tortured anyone or authorized Torture, even the most Liberal Court in the Country found the techniques did not clearly meet the standard of Torture.

You've obviously not read the ruling, of if you did, you don’t understand it.

The ruling addressed only Padilla’s claims as to his treatment, the Circuit Court did not attempt to determine whether or not certain ‘techniques’ constituted torture.

Had Padilla been able to establish that his treatment met the legal definition of torture, the Circuit Court would have allowed the suit to proceed.

The Circuit Court was reviewing only the issue of Yoo’s immunity, not the legality of Bush’s authorization of torture. There may be other cases where that standard was met, this simply isn't one of them.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

It clearly states that his treatment did not amount to torture. You two can spin it anyway you want.