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...credibility when they make judgments that are wrong. I got the impression that Kinsley wants journalists to be above accountability, that no matter what they print they are above it all. But the marketplace decides which products survive and which don't. William Rolston Vancouver Torture on Trial Ron Suskind's viewpoint [Sept. 18] on the CIA torture of detained al-Qaeda operatives made clear that information obtained through torture or physical abuse is rarely of any use. When the President announced he would review our policy on torture, that should have been a rather short review...
...Torture on Trial Ron Suskind's viewpoint [sept. 18] on the CIA torture of detained al-Qaeda operatives made clear that information obtained through torture or physical abuse is rarely of any use. When the President announced he was going to review our policy on torture, that should have been a rather short review. The U.S. is a signatory to international treaties and agreements that prohibit the use of torture or inhumane treatment of prisoners of war and belligerents. If we lower our standards to the level of the enemy, we can expect the same treatment for our own prisoners...
...Suskind asserted that the CIA's torture of "high value" al-Qaeda operatives was wrong, using the tired old refrain that prisoners of war deserve a certain amount of dignity. But members of al-Qaeda target civilians in the most horrific ways. On 9/11, thousands of people in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon and on Flight 93 were burned or crushed to death. The lucky ones died instantly, but there were surely many others who suffered excruciating pain for hours. Al-Qaeda will never give up, so it is critical to get information from its members that could...
...Suskind is the author of the best-selling book The One Percent Doctrine, first excerpted in TIME, about the war on terrorism
...Suskind is the author of the best-selling book The One Percent Doctrine, first excerpted in TIME, about the war on terrorism