Here, so long as the interrogation method does not involve a dangerous weapon, this type of assault has not been committed. Physical contact would be insufficient to demonstrate this type of assault. Methods of interrogation that involve alterations to the detainee’s cell environment would not be problematic under this section, not only because no dangerous weapon would have been used, but also because such alterations are unlikely to involve the necessary intent to inflict bodily injury.

Thus, freezing the guy, or altering his cell by removing every item in it, would be fine.

But it would take a groundswell

i loved that interview……since you posted the link, i went in and sent a quickie letter—

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Margaret Warner, as usual, did an excellent job with her troops report last night, Thursday April 10th…

However, I just heard that Col.(?) Ralph Peters is a policy advisor for the McCain campaign. If this is true, viewers should have been informed of that fact. And you missed a possible question for him– he kept using as his argument that he visits troops all over the country, in what capacity? He is retired. How is he getting access to bases to speak to troops? I would like an answer to that. And it wasn’t asked.

You did an excellent job keeping the intense interview on topic, however I think in doing that, you missed the big fish when Col. Peters kept mentioning his visits to bases. He wasn’t talking about hospitals, where the public can go, he said bases, restricted to the public, he used that point over and over again. He’s retired and acted like he was just a concerned citizen, unless I missed something in his introduction.

Bobby Muller, I could listen to him for hours. Sticks to the facts. And there are a lot of facts that aren’t getting aired. Please have him back as a guest. Hope Bill Moyers finds out about him, too.
Really enjoyed him. Was informed by him.

(was kind of hoping that he ran over a few toes with his wheelchair as they left the table)

Sincerely,
D
Athens, Ohio

Sadly, no — ALL the troops currently in Iraq, and any deployed before Aug 1 2008, are stuck with 15 month tours. (See the transcript of Bush’s speech, or the quote from Margot @115)

The “cut and paste” line is especially appealing. To lawyers and legislators, it implies legal concepts so commonly known and generally accepted that they’ve been relegated to a word processing macro. Like the language expressing a defendant’s Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself – “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.” Which GOP Attorneys General since at least Ed Meese have found reprehensible. (”After all, the police wouldn’t have arrested someone they didn’t think was guilty.” Which proves that circular reasoning that’s beside the point wasn’t invented by Ashcroft or Mukasey.)

As LHD points out, that’s exactly how Mr. Yoo intended it to be understood, and how he used it when reciting “black letter law” that may well have come from innumerable other DOJ writings. What he hides is that that’s not what he was citing the law for. He was drawing a map, lemon juice on rice paper, describing to interrogators and their bosses what laws he could think of that the DOJ would not prosecute them for violating. He was following orders.

That’s why Mr. Yoo (among others) should be disbarred and have his tenure revoked. Not because of his political opinions or his general conduct outside the classroom. (Not to worry; Doug Kmiec will find him an endowed chair at Pepperdine.)

Also, thanks for the recommendation about Supreme Conflict. You were right, it’s a great read.