>>>With Negroponte now confirming that waterboarding was used, i would think that some may be very careful about their international travel plans post Jan2009.
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>>Why post-January? From what I have read it has been iffy for Americans to travel in many parts of the world for several years now.
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>I was referring to possible legal jeopardy for admin officials who had authorized the use of waterboarding. Thats why Mukasay cant answer the "is it torture?" question because it would put people
"in personal legal jeopardy". Granted we've passed legislation that retroactively protects those involved, but Intl law doesnt care about that.
But the US doesn't recognize any of those international courts, so no worry there, right?