Admin Told CIA Torture Justified “In Good Faith”

[L. Coyote]

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/25/headlines
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Admin Told CIA Torture Justified “In Good Faith”

A newly disclosed memo shows Bush administration lawyers told CIA interrogators they could use a series of harsh measures including waterboarding, so long as they believed they were acting “in good faith.” The August 2002 memo was apparently written to address CIA concerns its officers could once face torture charges for carrying out White House-approved techniques. The Bush administration’s instructions said officers needed only to believe they weren’t deliberately inflicting severe pain to cause harm. The memo says, “Although an honest belief need not be reasonable, such a belief is easier to establish where there is a reasonable basis for it.” It continues, “The absence of specific intent negates the charge of torture.” The administration ultimately rescinded the directive three years later. ..............

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/25/headlines

[EFerrari]

1. And the delicate flowers at CIA took it on faith.

lol

[Overseas]

2. The Geneva Conventions were written in good faith. /nt

[Canuckistanian]

3. So, can I rob a bank in good faith?

What if it's to help my poor old mother get an operation?

[L. Coyote]

4. NO! But you can form a new government, according to the founding documents!