Tortured logic - Los Angeles Times

We are sick to death of this subject.

Why don't we just say, "Look, George, you are, apparently, going to do as you damn well please, but be prepared to spend the rest of your miserable life in prison if you insist on torturing people.

Tortured logic - Los Angeles Times:

'THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT TORTURE,' President Bush said last week. It can, however, make use of what he euphemistically called 'an alternative set of procedures' for eliciting information from prisoners suspected of being terrorists.

The difference between torture and these 'alternative procedures' seems to be who's conducting the interrogation and where it takes place. If it's the CIA and it's overseas, they're permissible alternative procedures. Anywhere else, they're not allowed. This kind of legalistic legerdemain doesn't just expose the weakness of the administration's argument, it does a real disservice to U.S. foreign policy and all those serving overseas.