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Andrew Sullivan - Call your Office!

From UK Guardian:

snip.

"Reports from Pakistan suggest that much of the intelligence that led to the raids came from that country and that some of it may have been obtained in ways entirely unacceptable here. In particular Rashid Rauf, a British citizen said to be a prime source of information leading to last week's arrests, has been held without access to full consular or legal assistance. Disturbing reports in Pakistani papers that he had "broken" under interrogation have been echoed by local human rights bodies."

end snip.

I've always maintained that "torture" should only be used if it is effective. Based on last weeks events being intercepted which was due to the effective application of what some people call want to call "torture", I'd say it was called for. I think that anyone that was scheduled to fly on the 10 aircraft that werent blown up last week would also agree.

However, I'm also sure that there are still people that would have preferred that we didnt "agressively interrogate" the Pakistani contact, despite what has been demonstrated from that information.

And its precisely this fact that I dont understand.

Posted @ August 15, 2006 11:15 PM | Current Affairs