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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

David Rivkin defends torture

Senior military officer calls in and says watoerboarding has no benefits he's seen...and he's seen waterboarding. Rivkin defends...and when he compares waterboarding to standing at parade rest in Basic Training, you know he's full of it.

Rivkiun wants a clear dividing line between torture and not-torture. This is problematic because it set up "salimi slicing". But wherever you draw that line, waterboarding is CLEARLY on the far, far side of it.

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