JC adds his two cents …
One other aspect of this:
Right now, CIA are the bad guys. As far as I know, military interrogators were not using “coercive techniques.”
However, if this bill passes, military interrogators will not only be ALLOWED to use them, they will be EXPECTED to use them.
Which is one reason so many military people have come out against it. Before Hamdan, they were expected to leave the room before the CIA guy got started. Now, they’ll be expected to stay – and help.
But that CIA guy is never going to be out on the street patrolling, subject to capture. The military guy is.
Think about it.
I’m thinking.
