Nightingale 0 #101 November 16, 2005 Well, under the interpretation of the convention that's in my textbook, it's not considered "torture" in the international law legal definition sense unless it's done by or with authority of the state (country). If it's just a person acting on their own, who is "torturing" another person in the common use of the word, it's probably battery, assault, etc... and covered by domestic law. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #102 November 16, 2005 QuoteQuoteIsn't the CIA primarily interested in foreign intel gathering? If you were a nice American citizen wouldn't the FBI be torturing/dumping you at sea etc, you in this scenario? By the book, yes... but I've heard stories about these "black helicopters"... A less unheard of possibility, however, is being detained by local authorities, then whisked offshore to a facility where the CIA could get involved. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #103 November 17, 2005 Torture doesn't work anyway. people who are interrogated under torture will admit to whatever they think their interrogators want to hear, just to stop the torture. Which is why so many people confessed to absurd charges of witchcraft, flying around on brooms & so forth. But even then the torture doesn't stop, becuase torturers get to where they enjoy torturing people for its own sake. Which is a different problem altogether. Experienced professional interrogators are agreed that information gained by torture is anywhere from suspect to useless. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
