It’s been a long time since I got all lectury and started an argument. And It’s been a bad week for me.
I think that many of the things our government has done in the pursuit of actionable intelligence against terrorist threats constituted torture. I think that the agents that participated in torture should face legal punishment, as should the lawyers who advised that it was legal. By that, I mean they should stand trial.
Following orders is not an excuse for committing a crime. We established that during various war-crimes trials after WW2. We teach it to our soldiers in Basic Training. I think that government agents can be held to at least the same standards of conduct as a 17 year old who has been in the military for three months.
I appreciate what a bad situation some interrogators found themselves in. I do not envy their position. But they did wrong.
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