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Today, on the anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment coming into
Even if people make the argument that it pertains to extraordinary circumstances, and i think he will continue to do that. >> you know, matt miller, i want to pull you in on this. it is a constant and traditional tension in normal times, but i wonder if you think these are those, normal times. >> no. they're not normal times. look, it is a very tough position they're in. it is, in many ways, analogous to what we faced in 2009 when president obama was elected and we took over the justice department and were faced with all these demands to release information about sort of the worst pieces of th...
Doing, and it has led to all kinds of revelations over the last couple of decades after the post-9/11 environment including about the cia's torture program, about the national security agency's bulk collections of everyone's call records, and many other things that are part of how democracy works in the united states. it is part of educating the public so there can be an informed electorate, and that is why the founders included in the first amendment to the constitution that government shall pass no law abridging the freedom of the press. so that is the system we have, and that is the system ...
About what the government is doing, and it has led to all kinds of revelations over the last couple of decades after the post-9/11 environment including about the cia's torture program, about the national security agency's bulk collections of everyone's call records, and many other things that are part of how democracy works in the united states. it is part of educating the public so there can be an informed electorate, and that is why the founders included in the first amendment to the constitution that government shall pass no law abridging the freedom of the press. so that is the system we ...
On him including specific references by the people who wrote the torture memos approving these things, referencing how flexible he was and specifying the number of days he could be subjected to sleep deprivation. this was all designed to be used on him not just as individual one off things, but this is authorized in specific and in detail by government. >> he is the entire torture program as approve bide the department of justice. >> never charged with a crime. >> never charged with a crime. indeed they admit that every fact they used to justify making him the poster child for torture is false...