salon.com — So does Evan Wallach, a former judge advocate general in the Nevada National Guard, who has a must-read Op-Ed in the Washington Post Sunday. Wallach recalls a time when U.S. military leaders knew waterboarding was torture -- when they prosecuted and convicted Japanese soldiers for waterboarding American prisoners of war after World War II.
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rinceNov 6, 2007
Ah well, the commissioner gave them a free pass...
drahkarNov 6, 2007
Exactly. I just wish that Congress would grow some balls and impeach all the individuals responsible for these crimes so that they can be tried for war crimes. They are traitors and sick bastards who are dirtying our country and ruining life for the rest of us by trashing our rights.
razor150Nov 6, 2007
I think Republicans believe that if you start "debating" on whether or not something is legal it suddenly makes it legal. Waterboarding has a legal precedent calling it torture and illegal. The whole debate is a distraction to keep people's eyes off a practice that is illegal so people in the Whitehouse don't go to prison.
terr01Nov 6, 2007
I'm going to wager even a primetime CSI show couldn't figure out what argument you were trying to make just now.
boshudaNov 6, 2007
I have no idea how this got into mainstream press. Its one of those things that the CIA, NSA, and possibly the FBI do and just dont tell. Its been done since 1942 for everything under the name of Freedom, or "gettin the job done."The only difference is now we as Americans, get to see the video on Youtube, and say how bad we think it is. You know what? We've been doing it all along! Your grandfathers and my Grandfathers have been building a better America by hurting people, by torturing them.Stop babying this issue. we do it, and no matter how much you fight it, were going to continue to do it, no matter how many people we catch.If you dont' believe me, ask yourself this. How are you going to make them stop? Tell them your upset about this? They'll laugh at you.Force (lol) someone to take responsibility and arrest and charge someone? Your cries will go unanswered UNLESS you can get heavy media attention. Then they'll just spin it, or have you arrested for being a terrorist.Refuse to vote Republican/Democrat the next race? Like your vote matters.Bitch about it on Digg or your Blog? Everyone in the NSA's Watchhouse and your workplace will giggle about it over lunch.
macgeckoNov 6, 2007
Gosh they make it sound like they waterboard everyone and that is not the case as I understand it. Last I heard in the past seven years it was used a total of five times? Also when they say waterboarding I wish they would be specific it's my understanding that there are a few types and some of them are worse then others. But that being said I am for any thing that will save life's. After all waterboarding is not the same thing as cutting off some ones head with a dull knife (<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl).">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl).</a>
aduzikNov 7, 2007
I think it's surreal that we live in a world where something as awful as torture is up for grabs.