Obama Admin Torture Precedent w/ Newsweek's Michael Isikoff

[TheDuckofLaw]

i hate how loud the new ads are... :-(

[Nigomsa]

A person I know said that the constitution is meant only for Americans therefore it doesn't apply to terrorist (so they can be tortured.)

[introsis]

I'm not an American, but even I know that your constitution applies to all PERSONS, except where it explicitly says it only applies to citizens.

[SirPwn4lot]

The constitution doesn't say "American Citizen", it says "person". Long story short; your friend is misinformed.

[2Critical4You]

@Nigomsa He's wrong:

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." /the bill of rights

It says person not citizen ergo the rights apply to anyone.

[TheGiantRobot]

I know a lot of people with double standards, too.

[kokofan50]

then they really need to learn what it does

[FightTheCorporations]

I love Palin's speech at CPAC. She commends all the military people for fighting for our constitutional rights and then says it is OK to deny them to terrorists because it is inconveinent!

[SirPwn4lot]

I agree lol, it's fucking hilarious

[FightTheCorporations]

Woops, It was at the Tea Party convention!

[FightTheCorporations]

Yeah, watch the movie, Rendition. Some poor guy gets called by a terrorist by mistake and ends up getting tortured. He then goes and kills Americans because he so pissed off!

[AllWalksofLife]

There HAS to be some kind of huge political reaction to Hughe saying a President has the right to order mass slaughter of civilians, right?.... RIGHT?!

[bevon17]

@AllWalksofLife

don't say that too loud......

prez will get you merked son

dey keeps it gangsta in da white house.

no actually you're right... thats bull shit

[AllWalksofLife]

@bevon17 On the other hand, is it really that distinguishable from what the US already does, and has done, via military and economic empiricism through the vehicles of nato and the economic power of the military industrial complex, since ww2? engaging poor countries in central/south america, the middle east, africa, etc .. in warfare, occupations, sanctions, internal obfuscation, and assassinations, all leading to millions of deaths for politicians, governments, and corperations to profit.

[TheGiantRobot]

Exactly. It was a softball because they said "village". There aren't really villages in America, so it was implied against foreigners. Americans don't really mind exterminating civilian foreigners. Not that we are unique in that mentality.

[AlmostaFlipinSkater]

torturing is fucked up

[kazooga1234]

1st ha bisky