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FORT HUACHUCA — It was a meeting of polar opposites. On one side of a conference room on this Southern Arizona post were three people who wanted to know why the Army teaches torture techniques. On the other side were four soldiers — three officers and one chief warrant officer — who said the Army does not teach torture and does not condone such practices. For some, the meeting, which was approved at the highest level of the Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, may seem strange, since two of the three civilians have protested outside the fort in the past,...

The Democrat Party and some Republicans should perhaps rethink their strategy of criticizing the Bush Administration for NSA spying, secret prisons for terrorists, rendition, and even torture and abuse of terrorists to gain information. Majorities of all adults believe that the use of torture, secret prison camps outside the U.S., and "rendition" (defined in the survey as "sending prisoners to be interrogated in countries where torture is common") are all justified "sometimes" or "often", according to a new Harris Poll. The poll revealed that: * 55 percent of all adults believe that rendition (as explained above) is justified either often...