Not Just Bad Policy -- Torture Is Against the Law

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GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again.

"Waterboarding a prisoner is against international law and could subject the torturer -- or the person ordering or approving the torture -- to international sanctions, including prosecution in international courts," writes whistleblower John Kiriakou

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"What Trump and his cronies are advocating is illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional. In fact, it's an impeachable offense. No president can order anybody to commit torture. Anyone who does should be hauled before a judge." 
 
US Navy veteran Joe Tougas, dressed in Guantanamo Bay detention camp garb, volunteered to be waterboarded at UC Berkeley, home of CIA "enhanced interrogation techniques," to demonstrate that the practice is a severe form of inhumane torture. Photo by John Han

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