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Article: Clash of visions over CIA interrogations; Can the broad terms of the Geneva Conventions be more clearly defined without weakening them?(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 21, 2006
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- At the center of the congressional debate over whether to authorize harsh interrogation tactics in the war on terror is a fundamental truism. Cruelty is an uncomfortable concept for most Americans.
How mean is too mean? When does harsh treatment become inhumane? When does a coercive interrogation cross the line and become degrading?
These aren't just difficult legal and ethical questions, they are a measure of US character and morality. That is the uniting point of a group of maverick Republican senators who object to rubber-stamping the White House effort to ...