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Thread #118853   Message #2572991
Posted By: akenaton
22-Feb-09 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Obama and Torture
Subject: RE: BS: Obama and Torture
Well done Carol....there's hope for America while you're around!

He did not re-define America's position on torture.
His spokesmen say that his administration will prevent charges being brought against CIA torturers; and Mr Obama has issued executive orders, under which the CIA still retain authority to "render" prisoners,(the secret abduction and transfer of prisoners to foreign countries which support the USA.)

"One solution for dealing with Guantanamo detainees upon its closure, as ordered by President Obama to occur within a year, would be to render them to foreign governments to be held in prisons there, or possibly transfer to other U.S. military detention centers, such as at Bagram Air Force base in Afghanistan, where court rulings such as the Supreme Court's restoration of habeas corpus do not apply."(NYT)

Ethics??? don't make me laugh....he's a politician isn't he?....Ake I posted this some time ago to deafening silence from the Obama "liberals"

BHSC.....I wish you would look a bit deeper......they all "condemn"
torture!!