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Kagemusha

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Fri Mar-03-06 09:07 AM
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19. What the second para says does not square with the first

Sorry to be technical, but law is technical. The ban bans the commission of torture; it's not there to make it illegal to be tortured. However, those that have been tortured have been denied (it is argued) redress in American courts by Congress, so even if they have been tortured, and even if that torture is illegal, the detainees themselves have no right to justice. They're not arguing that the ban on TORTURE doesn't apply, they're arguing that the ban on SUING ABOUT TORTURE applies.

Just so DU'ers understand what's really being argued here, as well, unethical as such an argument is.

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