http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/11/13/afx2333455.html

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"White House declines to rule out torture to thwart attack 11.13.2005 WASHINGTON (AFX) - A top White House official refused to rule out the use of torture in an effort to prevent a major terrorist attack, arguing the war on terror could present a 'difficult dilemma' and the US administration was duty-bound to protect the American people. The comment, by US national security adviser Stephen Hadley, came amid heated national debate about whether the CIA and other US intelligence agencies should be authorized to use tough interrogation techniques to extract from terror suspects information that may help prevent future assaults. The US Senate voted 90-9 early last month to attach an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment of detainees in US custody. But the White House has threatened to veto the measure authored by Republican Senator John McCain and has lobbied senators to have the language removed or modified to allow an exemption for the Central Intelligence Agency. During a trip to Panama earlier this month, President George W. Bush said that Americans 'do not torture.' But appearing on CNN's 'Late Edition' program, Hadley elaborated on the policy, making clear the White House could envisage circumstances, in which the broad pledge not to torture might not apply. That appeared to include a possible imminent attack similar to that of September 11, 2001. "

BUT REMEMBER, "WE DON'T TORTURE"!!!!!!

11/15/2005 1:01:33 PM

AND THERE ARE WMD'S

11/15/2005 3:14:06 PM

Bush won't veto shit anyway. That pen's been in the box for 5 years.

11/15/2005 3:34:40 PM

PUT ME IN A ROOM WITH A SACK A DOOR KNOBS AND AN AL QUADA AND ILL FIND YOU YOUR BOMB

11/15/2005 3:38:38 PM

Part of the real reason for torture:

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"Roberts outlined his conviction that the torture program was not set up to gain any kind of real information from accused detainees because torture is renowned for extracting useless and false information. The real reason for the torture is to make the terrorists implicate themselves and thus create the perception of a real terrorist threat. This is exactly the process in Uzbekistan, where the government was caught torturing innocent people into confession and then using the confessions as evidence that the government needed to crack down on terror. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/151105inhands.htm"

11/16/2005 8:45:41 AM