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Jun. 7th, 2004 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsychePentagon Prepped Torture Defense
The report required Rumsfeld's approval for the use of four interrogation methods, and he has approved their use on two prisoners. It was not clear which methods were covered by that approval. At Guantanamo Bay, current practices included depriving detainees of food, making them stay up for four days, stress positions and body cavity searches.
The report concludes that "The infliction of pain or suffering per se, whether it is physical or mental, is insufficient to amount to torture," and says "Good faith may be a complete defense" to torture charges.
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Call me crazy, but after you do one cavity search at Guantanamo, which is a superprison, generally you don't need to do more. At least, if you're looking for contraband and not performing the search for the pain thereby afflicted.
The report required Rumsfeld's approval for the use of four interrogation methods, and he has approved their use on two prisoners. It was not clear which methods were covered by that approval. At Guantanamo Bay, current practices included depriving detainees of food, making them stay up for four days, stress positions and body cavity searches.
The report concludes that "The infliction of pain or suffering per se, whether it is physical or mental, is insufficient to amount to torture," and says "Good faith may be a complete defense" to torture charges.
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Call me crazy, but after you do one cavity search at Guantanamo, which is a superprison, generally you don't need to do more. At least, if you're looking for contraband and not performing the search for the pain thereby afflicted.