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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
8. These "concerns" were lame and ineffectual, if they existed at all
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 03:27 PM
Feb 2013

If they existed at all, they were only expressed privately, off the record,
which can be easily fabricated after the fact, which is why here-say is not
allowed as testimony in a court of law. <-- a quaint artifact from when
we lived under the rule of law.

Also, assuming there were concerns, they were primarily that CIA torturers
would be thrown under the bus, once it was exposed. But now with Obama
at the helm, they apparently have no such concerns. In other words,
Brennan expressed no concern whatsoever (nor is he rumored to have any
concerns) about "enhanced interrogation" torture being unconstitutional.

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