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In response to "i think years of being treated with waterboarding and torture for information might just turn anyone from 'good.' -- nm" by Andie

I guess I have my doubts that this is what is truly happening there on a regular basis to the average detainee -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jan 23 '09, 07:52

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ah, see, i don't. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 07:53 10
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  - there's a huge difference between a handful of prisoners vs. daily torture as a rule to the population -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:01
  - right (i was saying i don't have any problem believing that torture is pretty much the norm) -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:01 1
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- (It's why they are there - so that the normal standards don't need to be followed.) -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 07:54 5
  - though they have said they've only waterboarded like 5 guys (or maybe 3?). the rest of them just get the 'augmented interrogation techniques' -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 07:59
  - Military vs. civilian trial standards perhaps - oblique Jan 23, 07:58 3
    - This is my understanding. That the evidence to hold them wouldn't hold up in a US court, but they wanted to hold the prisoners nonetheless. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 07:59 2
      - yep, military courts have different - loosilu Jan 23, 08:01
      - so, that's okay? by our owns laws we can't keep you, so.... we'll keep you anyway, just not "here". -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:00

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