Are will still sending prisoners to Egypt to be tortured?

[MannyGoldstein]

My recollection was that Egypt was the first torture destination under "extraordinary rendition", but does anyone know if that program still uses Egypt for its vile work?

[Robb]

1. When did Egypt stop beating its wife?

:D

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Do you disagree that we've sent prisoners to Egypt for torture?

Or that the program exists?

[Robb]

3. Wait, I thought we were talking about Obama.

:rofl:

[vaberella]

4. Obama made it very clear that we do not do torture. Are you suggesting that we are still torturing?

n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

6. I have no information demonstrating that it has changed.

This is the problem with extra-judicial justice - we just don't know. It's also true that since the program continues to be kept hidden from the judicial system, even from courts set up for sensitive matters such as the FISA court, we have to assume that the program is doing something that is not legal; otherwise why hide it?

We do know that Obama believes that torture is legal, since he refuses to prosecute it. We also have reliable information that torture continues under Obama, e.g., http://humanrights.change.org/blog/view/obamas_scorecard_on_torture

[dionysus]

5. oh manny, i figured you'd use the egypt incident to somehow condemn the administration.

:rofl: