Panetta Open to Tougher Methods in Some C.I.A. Interrogation

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/us/politics/06cia.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=panetta&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Subject: re: Panetta Open to Tougher Methods in Some C.I.A. Interrogation
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To the Editor:

   It is unsurprising that mr. Panetta opposes prosecuting C.I.A. interrogators for practices that he has characterized as torture; he needs to persuade them that he is their advocate as well as their boss. The call however is not his to make. Torture is a crime not only against the victims at Guantanamo and at Bhagram, but against humanity. Our treaties require us to prosecute such crimes; to turn a blind eye would be to declare ourselves a pariah nation. The voters chose change. This would be a good place to start.

Barry Levine