Obama says U.S. 'will not torture'

[kpete]

Source: MSNBC

Obama says U.S. 'will not torture'
Names Mitchell, Holbrooke envoys to Mideast, Afghanistan, Pakistan


WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the United States "will not torture" as it detains terrorism suspects and works to keep the country safe.

The president also backed Israel's right to defense against Hamas militants and promised to be actively engaged in trying to help foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Obama spoke after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named George Mitchell to be a special envoy to the Middle East and Richard Holbrooke to be a representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28799040 /

[Oregone]

1. Of course we wont. Thats what Egypt and Syria are for

[Justitia]

4. He also banned "rendition". -eom

[Vattel]

6. awesome, but

we also need a very specific criminal law against rendition

[LynnTheDem]

2. Define "torture".

Oh wait...US law, US military field manual, internaitonal law and the GCs already define it.

George W. bUsh just ignored all torture laws.

That's what war criminals do.

[Vattel]

3. Those definitions vary

[LynnTheDem]

7. They do; but ALL of them say even the least of what George W. bUsh (R) authorized

to have done against people not even charged with a crime, is illegal.

[tclambert]

5. ". . . and we will arrest any former Presidents and Vice Presidents who authorized torture."

He didn't say that part? Darn. I missed the news working on a car. Hoped they had announced Bush's arrest. Oh, well, tomorrow is another day.