Change: No Torture, Except for Exceptions

[Annie]

Yep, that's the tune. Let's see, Bush administration since 9/11 for water boarding...3. What are 'exceptions'?


knoxnews.com: Sports stories by the Associated Press

Jan 16, 9:36 PM EST

Sources: Obama ready to end harsh interrogations

By LARA JAKES and PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. Still under debate is whether to include a loophole that would allow exceptions in extraordinary cases.

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[007]

Ya know what I think Annie... I think hussein bit off more than he can chew. He spewed gas like a belching blow hole all through his campaign with no real clue as to what he was getting himself into. Now that reality has slapped him in the face, he's realising that he can't do half the shit he promised. Not even close. So now he's doing his very best tap dance to make it look as though he's sticking to his campaign gas, when in fact he's looking a lot more like Bush. But people are stupid. Especially his disciples. He could crap in their mouth and tell 'em it's a candy bar and they'd believe it. That's part of the reason the republicans are so quite about what he's doing. They see the futility in fighting it.

 

[Modbert]

From the same article:

The proposal Obama is considering would require all CIA interrogators to follow conduct outlined in the U.S. Army Field Manual, the officials said. The plans would also have the effect of shutting down secret "black site" prisons around the world where the CIA has questioned terror suspects - with all future interrogations taking place inside American military facilities.

However, Obama's changes may not be absolute. His advisers are considering adding a classified loophole to the rules that could allow the CIA to use some interrogation methods not specifically authorized by the Pentagon, the officials said, although the intent is not to use that as an opening for possible use of waterboarding

Glenn Sulmasy, an international law professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., said Obama can and should preserve his executive authority to order aggressive interrogations when necessary. But he said that should be done on a case-by-case basis and not become a broad policy.

Nothing's concrete yet but you're already judging it as is? A draft is called a draft for a reason. As a writer, my first draft wouldn't be the final product; the same applies here.