I understand this view. But Congress explicitly prohibited waterboarding & other Bush torture techniques under Obama. Its not coming back.https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/806138010622459905 …
So no. It's not specific. You DO know abt the still active 2006 Bradbury opinion on Appendix M, I hope? @mattduss
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Also, as I understand, review is not if changed, but review, 2 years from now, on whether existing AFM prohibits cruelty
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i guess we have a different understanding of specific.
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Right. When someone says "waterboarding is explicitly prohibited" I would expect mention of waterboarding .
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this this this this thread is spot on. "Waterboarding is illegal!" is not true. Bottom line.
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WATERBOARDING IS ILLEGAL
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There is no statute saying specifically, that waterboarding (and a whole range of other things) are illegal.
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if a USG employee were to water board a detainee right now, would that be a violation of the law?
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Ken: I'll ask a fourth time. Are you familiar w/2006 OLC memo on Appendix M?
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