[lit-ideas] Re: Is torture wrong by definition?

  • From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:08:49 -0400

In the case of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, you say
it works, because... the White House said so.
There's no objective verification of this. None of
those statements can be used in any court.

On the contrary, the 9/11 Commission said the testimony of KSM worked. The 9/11 Commission Report is full of footnoted references to testimony by KSM, testimony that was only accepted after it had been later confirmed by multiple sources.

You are also wrong about the statements not being used in court. KSM's confession is considered good enough for the trial of Z. Moussaoui. See:

http://www.rcfp.org/moussaoui/pdf/DX-0941.pdf

_Moussaoui Trial "Substitute for Testimony"_ from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, which is a summary of information KSM provided to his American interrogators.


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