“As used in this chapter—
(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; “
Waterboarding those NOT covered by Geneva Conventions and NOT covered by the US Constitution (non citizens) was LAWFULLY SANCTIONED by the United States Government!
Any pain or suffering these animals felt was “incidental” to the task of GAINING INFORMATION WHICH SAVED AMERICAN LIVES!
Sandy, wimps like you will force Presidents, in the future, to issue Presidential Pardons to all all CIA and intelligence agents, on a regular basis.
We MUST do what we did.
Cowardice on this issue will likely mean that radical Islam will kill all of us, or in slave all of us, very soon.
You think we put cigarettes out on people's eyeballs? Because that's what your question was about, remember?
Waterboarding those NOT covered by Geneva Conventions and NOT covered by the US Constitution (non citizens) was LAWFULLY SANCTIONED by the United States Government!
So what? The Geneva Conventions have nothing to do with the torture statute, which was written to enforce the torture treaty we signed only about twenty years ago. And btw, "under color of law" and "lawful" do not mean the same thing. You're begging the question.