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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The point I was trying to make, and that I thought the letter amplified, is that although there may be the rare situation where torture is the lesser of two evils, this does not mean that the rules should be changed to make torture OK. It means that when someone feels driven to violate rules against torture, sometimes in retrospect this will seem to have been the proper decision.
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I read this as, although, sometime in rare circumstances, it may be the right thing to do to use torture, we don't want to statutorily recognize this because it may lead to abuse. So when it comes down to the cost benefit analysis, it is better to put our CIA operatives in a cloud of uncertainty when they are trying to protect innocents from harm, and possibly have to face prosecution for doing the right thing, than have the possibility that the statutory language may lead to abuse of prisoners.
