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If the consequences of torture are as catastrophic as embarking upon the Iraq War on the basis of fabricated information, it emasculates the claims by torture's defenders that the practice saves lives.

Wonk Room » Torturing The Al Qaeda-Iraq Connection 2009

It is a regrettable but undeniable fact that torture's illegality, or the political harm it may do to the country's reputation, is not sufficient to discourage the willingness of many Americans to countenance it.

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So that fact that he lies about the torture's efficacy is no surprise.

First on the CNN Ticker: DNC takes aim at Cheney 2009

It is a regrettable but undeniable fact that torture's illegality, or the political harm it may do to the country's reputation, is not sufficient to discourage the willingness of many Americans to countenance it.

The Political Facts of Torture in America Ilya 2009

But neither new detention rules nor military commissions can truly overcome torture's legacy.

Daphne Eviatar: How to Overcome the "Legacy of Torture" 2010

Because fictional questions about torture's efficacy obscure real questions about its criminality.

Torture Tales 2010

Because fictional questions about torture's efficacy obscure real questions about its criminality.

Barry Eisler: Torture Tales 2010

OpEdNews - Quicklink: If US government calls you, an American citizen, "terrorist," the Constitution is gone, torture's on

OpEdNews - Quicklink: If US government calls you, an American citizen, "terrorist," the Constitution is gone, torture's on 2010

(Why else would a doctor measure torture's effects other than to help the state to sophisticate its weaponry?)

Donna Schaper: Medical Torture and the Definitions of Sin 2010

But neither new detention rules nor military commissions can truly overcome torture's legacy.

Daphne Eviatar: How to Overcome the "Legacy of Torture" 2010