I do think that is the crux of the matter. Our govt can not keep talking about things like extending freedom to people when it is clear that they feel they can define freedom however they want.

>>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/03/jag-leahy-waterboarding/
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>>They send letter to Congress on the matter of the Michael Mukasey confirmation hearings:
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>>In this instance, the relevant rule - the law - has long been clear: Waterboarding detainees amounts to illegal torture in all circumstances. To suggest otherwise - or even to give credence to such a suggestion - represents both an affront to the law and to the core values of our nation.
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>It is really time that something is done about this torture thing. The fact that the torturing is done by the United States doesn't make it any better.