Justice Department still protecting the torturers

Diary Entry by Stephen Soldz

A New York Times article on the new study examining differences in the consequences of physical vs. psychological torture (which I posted about a couple of days ago ) contains an important statement:

"A spokesman for the Justice Department, Erik Amblin, declined to specify what treatments would be cruel and degrading but would not qualify as torture.Mr. Amblin did say, however, that 'acting with the specific intent of causing prolonged mental harm' would be illegal under United States and international law."

There are three critical points here. >>>cont

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