Scalia says courts shouldn't prohibit torture
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected the notion that US courts have any control over the actions of American troops at Guantanamo Bay, argued that torture of terror detainees is not banned under the US Constitution and insisted that the high court has no obligation to act as a moral beacon for other nations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/law_in_action/7238665.stm
From Information Clearing House
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Scalia Accepts Infliction of Pain to Get Key Information
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/13/7038/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scalia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/law_in_action/7238665.stm
From Information Clearing House
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Scalia Accepts Infliction of Pain to Get Key Information
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/13/7038/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scalia
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
rudkla - 13. Feb, 10:28
