"The reason why torture is universally prohibited...

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in international and domestic law the world over, however, is not because it is ineffective 
or counterproductive (though it is). Torture has been universally prohibited because in 
the aftermath of the second world war, the nations of the world agreed, under the 
leadership of the United States, that respect for basic human dignity required the 
absolute prohibition of torture under any circumstance. 

-- Vincent Iacopino's Memo to John Yoo

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