U.S. uses evidence gained by torture
Panels reviewing Guantanamo detainees use such information

"The acknowledgment by Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle came during a U.S. District Court hearing on lawsuits brought by some of the 550 foreigners imprisoned at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The lawsuits challenge their detention without charges for up to three years so far.

"Attorneys for the prisoners argued that some were held solely on evidence gained by torture, which they said violated fundamental fairness and U.S. due process standards. But Boyle argued in a similar hearing Wednesday that the detainees “have no constitutional rights enforceable in this court.”

"U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon asked if a detention would be illegal if it were based solely on evidence gathered by torture, because “torture is illegal. We all know that.”

Sorta drives a stake through any claims the US has a place among civilized nations, doesn't it? Human rights, and all that. Stands for something above the rest of nations. Proud.

Tragic. A once great nation, which fought for freedom all over the globe, reduced to the worst the world has to offer. Stalin did this, as did Hitler, as does Sharon, and so on. Instead of the best, the US has adopted the worst the world has to offer.

Instead of leading, the US is following. And following the worst.

Not the country our fathers fought for. Not any more.

And it's absolutely impossible for rational minds to deny. Note - rational.

Arf