Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power
Cheney and his allies, according to more than two dozen current and former officials, pioneered a novel distinction between forbidden "torture" and permitted use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading" methods of questioning. They did not originate every idea to rewrite or reinterpret the law, but fresh accounts from participants show that they translated muscular theories, from legal counsel to the attorney general John Yoo and others, into the operational language of government.
https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062507A.shtml
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=presidential+power
https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062507A.shtml
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
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rudkla - 25. Jun, 22:08
