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The Star Chamber
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FYI - according to Powerline, early reports ("leaks"?) out of Great Britain are that some of the information that exposed the recent airline plot was obtained through "torture" - and that the arrests were prompted by an intercept of a frantic cellphone call to commence the plot.
Question - did these ends justify these means?
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The reports I saw said nothing about torture -- is it torture if it's in quotes? -- and said that the British wanted to let the plot develop more but that the US pushed for an early termination. If Pakistan is torturing ("torturing"?) people and shares information with us, we should use that info. If you intercept cell phone calls with a warrant -- and I understand that the Brits followed procedures requiring warrants -- then I have no problem with it.
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