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...test is in early stages of development and will take at least five years to be ready for public use, Kassis said, although limited availability is possible in two years...
...could have been a Hall of Famer if the substance abuse and other problems hadn't derailed your career. Does that gnaw at you at all? No, it doesn't gnaw at me. Of course sometimes I think about it. But I use a line from Mickey Mantle all the time. "If I would have known I was this good, I would have taken better care of myself." It is what is. I lived it, and I am grateful for the greatness I did accomplish...
...what about his steroid use? The fact that he admitted to cheating earlier in his career? You know what, I understand. I understand him saying he was stupid and he was naïve. You are naïve when you're 24, 25 years old. He's a kid still. A-Rod, [Roger] Clemens, those of us who've made mistakes in life, we're no different than those little girls that run around in Hollywood and act crazy too. Britney Spears, the Lindsay Lohans, it's not different than what they...
Waterboarding? Hasn't been used in years. Walling, stress positions, abdominal slaps? They're no longer allowed. But if the CIA can no longer use the interrogation techniques described in chilling detail in the so-called torture memos, what can it do to extract information from terrorism suspects...
...second day as President, Barack Obama ordered the agency to use the Army Field Manual as its interrogation playbook. The manual, originally written for Cold War prisoners but updated in 2006, states that "no [detainee], regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment as defined in U.S. law." It also categorically states that harsh interrogation techniques are essentially useless. "Beyond being impermissible, these unlawful and unauthorized forms of treatment are unproductive because they may yield unreliable results, damage subsequent collection efforts, and result in extremely negative consequences at national and international...