Alberto Mora sacrificed an illustrious legal career in government to oppose a policy that condoned the torture and abuse of prisoners in violation of international law. Their courage has inspired others to follow their example, and our government is fortunate to have public servants with such integrity.
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Congressman John Murtha and Alberto Mora exemplify the kind of courage my father admired most. When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest. Representative Murtha broke ranks with our nation's political and military leadership to call for the withdrawal of U.S. Forces in Iraq. Alberto Mora sacrificed an illustrious legal career in government to oppose a policy that condoned the torture and abuse of prisoners in violation of international law. Their courage has inspired others to follow their example, and our government is fortunate to have public servants with such integrity.
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That'll be the day. This is just organized torture, that's what it is, like Vacation Bible School. And Vacation Bible School would be better than this!
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While the US claims to bring democracy and freedom, it is actually using torture and secret detention camps to instill fear and suppress dissent around the world.
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The president made it clear that we do not torture. The world has seen that we are someone who takes the treatment prisoners very seriously.
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We need full disclosure by our government. If, in fact, people are being moved from a jurisdiction where torture is illegal to a jurisdiction where torture is permissible, that seems to me to be wholly contrary to international law.
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To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.
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Having long been complicit or acquiescent in the enforcement of speech codes, and supportive of regulatory policies promoting ethnic and gender quotas, they here tried to torture the concept of free speech to cover their pet practice of excluding military recruiters from campus. The Court has rightly and unanimously rebuked their sophistry.
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When Salah was arrested, it was a very public event. It would not have been smart for Israeli officials to subject Salah to the torture he is claiming.
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I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.
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You could line up 100 people against the wall and shoot them all, but is that necessarily torture?
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Flying detainees to countries where they may face torture or other ill treatment is a direct and outright breach (of) international law.
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For the other guys, this is probably torture right now. But for me, I'm just anxious to be out here and do what I've got to do.
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The US government is not only failing to take steps to eradicate torture, it is actually creating a climate in which torture and other ill-treatment can flourish.
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Although the US government continues to assert its condemnation of torture and ill-treatment, these statements contradict what is happening in practice.
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My heart goes out to people that have loved ones that go missing and are never found, because it was torture for us for those several days when he was missing
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The most notorious problem is the use of torture. It's basically beating confessions out of people.
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The political consequences of deliberately telling untruths are very serious, and we have made it very clear here that we don't send people to countries that practice torture. Jack Straw (Britain's foreign minister) said that to Parliament.
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This case has national and international repercussions, and I think the problem here is that it suggests to the world that Americans can commit abuses, commit torture, and get away with it.
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There's an intermediate risk of torture,.. It's not just a risk of jail, there's no doubt he'll be jailed.
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Torture is defined, with reasonable certainty, severe pain and suffering, physical or psychological. It is defined about as well as legal terms can be defined.
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Looking closely at these cases, we found time and again badly flawed investigations, and a lack of command responsibility for what's gone wrong? Especially in cases where victims were tortured to death. The result across the board has been to create a culture of impunity, where no one, especially not command, is held fully accountable for detainee deaths. If the United States is serious about preventing torture going forward, there must be accountability up and down the chain of command.
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Our report finds that there is a gap between policies leadership says it respects on paper, and behavior it actually tolerates in practice. That's not a way to stop torture from occurring, and it's not a winning strategy in the fight against terror.
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The nature and degree of violence described by the victim and corroborated by the extent of her injuries is consistent with extreme cruelty and sadistic torture.
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He doesn't speak, the newborn? Why his entire being shouts out, Don't touch me! Don't touch me! And yet at the same time, imploringly, begging, Don't leave me! Don't leave me! This is birth. This is the torture, the Calvary.
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