The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, contributing writer for Harper’s magazine and author of their blog No Comment, discusses the release of the full text of the infamous Yoo-Bybee torture memo, the bogus defensive arguments invoking unlimited power contained therein, how the law is supposed to work instead, the Pinochet precedent for prosecution of the highest level officials in this case, the sad story of Dilawar the Afghan cab driver, the scapegoating of the lowest level torturers and the positions of McCain and Clinton on the issue.
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