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October 11, 2006
He didn't even ask any questions
In reading This piece at Hullabaloo, I was suddenly reminded of the above quote from Star Wars...
Darth Vader tortured Han Solo because Darth was evil. Did Han commit crimes? Yeah, goes with the word "smuggler". Could Han have been convicted sans torture? Absolutely. But Darth Vader was a "master of evil" and so tortured an Imperial Citizen simply to cause pain. Because he could...
Jose Padilla is an American Citizen. We tortured him for 3 years. This was done in our name. my name. It resulted in no convictions, no plots being foiled, it resulted in nothing...
No matter the hypothetical situation involving Jack Baur and a ticking nuke, the fact-- the reality-- is that in this case our government tortured an American citizen every day for over 3 years. And nothing came of it. Is that the sort of nation you want to live in?
Posted by Andrew at October 11, 2006 10:03 AM
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