Use of Torture in the Terror War
ABC News Online is featuring an original report today posing the question Is Torture a Tool in the War on Terror?
Writer Peter Chang examines both whether the War on Terror has changed attitudes on using torture and the reactions to the U.S. refusal to sign the amendment to the U.N. treaty against torture.
Our refusal to approve the amendment is problematic because prisoners are subject to the law of the country in which they are detained which could result in harsher treatment for them than would be allowed under U.S. law.
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