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Originally Posted by glatt
We need to be able to prosecute them if they mess up and get caught torturing someone.
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If torture is considered a minor infraction, it becomes routine. If torture is legalized, it becomes routine. If torture is championed by leadership as a good and effective tool against terrorism, it becomes rampant. Abu Ghraib and the Stanford Prison Experiments prove this. Torture should be considered a major crime, with extreme penalties, and that should figure into Jack Bauer's decision process whenever he ends up in UT's example situation. You can come up with extreme examples to justify breaking any law, and you should
have to for this one.