That Dick Cheney is pro-torture surprises no one; he freely admits it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Anyone will say anything under torture.
I so respect Sen. McCain's service to this country, and no one certainly knows more about torture than he does, and so I recognize that.
Torture produces unreliable evidence and therefore doesn't achieve and protect anybody. Torture corrupts those who are doing the torturing.
The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.
Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.
Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it.
Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.
Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too?
Torture is illegal, both in the U.S. and abroad. So - and that is true for the Bush administration and for any other administration.