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In reply to the discussion: I'm pleased that Snowden's not on the WH secret extrajudicial kill list [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)41. Yes, but the "no torture" promise is an empty one.
After all, according to the Federal Government of the United States, waterboarding is not torture.
As such, our government's promise to not torture someone is an empty promise, at best. At worst, it is an outright lie. Either way, it is embarrassing, to the highest degree, that we now have to promise not to torture a suspected criminal in order to get our allies to cooperate with an extradition request.
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I'm pleased that Snowden's not on the WH secret extrajudicial kill list [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
OP
Well, strictly Holder was saying he's not on our *public judicial* kill list (nt)
Recursion
Jul 2013
#1
Didn't you post that no one is tortured? So there are no kill lists either?
Corruption Inc
Jul 2013
#45
Yes, but in all honesty, torture is used to get people to talk, and that hasn't been a problem
hughee99
Jul 2013
#57
A hacker who's worth enough to force down the plane of an elected head of state.
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
#10
Not forced down. They were free to keep flying ... until they ran out of fuel. N/T
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#52
It would not be seeking the death penalty but rather using a sophisticated ‘Disposition Matrix’
Dragonfli
Jul 2013
#37
Don't quote me on this, but that guy in the picture is an expert on aliens.
Major Hogwash
Jul 2013
#59
The funny thing is, I've never seen even so much as a clip from that program
pinboy3niner
Jul 2013
#60
No, and neither is solitary confinement. Remember Obama's NDAA section 1021 which provides for
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2013
#16
It's almost as if they'll say anything then wish, then do anything they wish.
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2013
#13
How do we know Holder didn't take Snowden off the list, make his announcement,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#15
You have to admit that "least untruthful" is a phrase deliciously dripping with irony
Fumesucker
Jul 2013
#39