Can the use of torture as an interrogation technique be justified?

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Eugene Robinson
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Disgraceful that the US uses it
	5/20/2009 2:51:28 PM

Jane Harman
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Harman authored legislation to ban torture and all "cruel, inhuman, and degrading" treatment of prisoners held by the United States
	5/20/2009 2:51:02 PM

Jim Martin (D-GA)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. The use of torture is contrary to the values of the United States and its citizens
	5/20/2009 2:50:27 PM

Tom Allen (D-ME)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. These cruel and inhumane interrogation practices undermine our civil liberties, demean our stature as a world leader, and injure our relationships with the international community
	5/20/2009 2:50:13 PM

Tom Udall (D-NM)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Acts of torture, such as water boarding, have absolutely no place in U.S. military or foreign policy
	5/20/2009 2:49:57 PM

Ashwin Madia (D-MN)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Madia would vote to prohibit interrogation practices that are inconsistent with the Geneva Conventions and deemed to be torture
	5/20/2009 2:49:39 PM

John Olver (D-MA)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. The 110th Congress will continue to fight for an interrogation policy that outlaws torture
	5/20/2009 2:48:42 PM

Jason Altmire (D-PA)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Altmire supports the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners in U.S. custody
	5/20/2009 2:47:29 PM

John Sarbanes (D-MD)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. I also support the McCain amendment which Congress passed in December 2005. It prohibits the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during interrogations by U.S. personnel
	5/20/2009 2:46:34 PM

Bob Inglis (R-SC)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Inglis supports the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners in U.S. custody
	5/20/2009 2:46:15 PM

Joan Walsh
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. "Torture is not moral, legal or effective"
	5/20/2009 2:45:48 PM

Gary Kamiya (journalist)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. "It crosses a line that cannot be crossed"
	5/20/2009 2:45:36 PM

American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. APsaA...strongly [condemns] the use of torture.
	5/20/2009 2:45:24 PM

Jon Stewart
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. I am decidedly anti
	5/20/2009 2:44:23 PM

Mark Udall (D-CO)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Not only is it inhumane and inconsistent with American values, torture has proven to be an unreliable method of obtaining intelligence
	5/20/2009 2:33:51 PM

Madeleine Albright
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Make clear that torture is unacceptable
	5/20/2009 2:31:56 PM

Clive Crook
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. "US laws on interrogation of terrorist suspects certainly need to be clarified so that the ban on torture is affirmed and the definition of that term is not so narrowly construed that it excludes vile practices such as waterboarding."
	5/20/2009 2:30:34 PM

Sarah Vowell
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. "mostly, Americans reject torture because we are not satanic monster scum"
	5/20/2009 2:29:50 PM

Jim Himes (D-CT)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Himes would vote to prohibit interrogation practices that are inconsistent with the Geneva Conventions and deemed to be torture
	4/26/2009 4:23:24 PM

Daniel Seals (D-IL)
	The use of torture as an interrogation technique cannot be justified. Seals would vote to prohibit interrogation practices that are inconsistent with the Geneva Conventions and deemed to be torture
	4/26/2009 4:23:04 PM