Torture Guidelines? (winks omitted)

[kpete]

From the ACLU’s page on “Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Letters and Memos to CIA Regarding Detention and Interrogation Policies - Documents Responsive to 2004 Torture FOIA”:
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/40834res20090824.html

OLC Vaughn Index #72 - August 5, 2004 Letter from CIA to OLC discussing guidelines for a certain technique (2 page PDF):
http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/082409/olcremand/2004olc72.pdf

…c. A waterboard “session” is the period of time in which a subject is strapped to the waterboard before being removed. It may involve multiple applications of water. You were informed yesterday that our Office Of Medical Services had established a 20-minute time limit for waterboard sessions. That was in error. OMS has not established any time limit for a waterboard session…

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Bybee, 1/22/2002 (end of opinion):

“We should make clear that in reaching a decision to suspend our treaty obligations or to construe Geneva III to conclude that members of the Taliban militia are not POWs, the President need not make any specific finding. He need only authorize or approve policies that would be consistent with the understanding that a1 Qaeda and Taliban prisoners are not POWs under Geneva III."

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

It is all just so sickening.

[spanone]

2. they will now have no choice but to prosecute SOMEFUCKINGBODY