tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18465647.post114023508217389956..comments2024-01-22T00:52:29.263-05:00Comments on Chickenhawk Express: Useless Idiots of the Week: Dreyfuss & BaldwinRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01591455014991149917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18465647.post-79861071313761981872018-10-18T08:42:12.667-04:002018-10-18T08:42:12.667-04:00It's a shame I found this article 12+ years to...It's a shame I found this article 12+ years too late. As they say, however, better late than never. You are factually incorrect about the United States Government and domestic wiretapping of its own citizens -- we now know that they started collecting metadata of all citizens, anywhere from 2002--03, and has conducted wiretaps on citizens even without federal warrants. <br /><br /><br />The only true torture is that carried out by terrorists? Oh, I agree with you 100% on this one. It's just that my definition of terrorism is much broader than yours. Sure, the Geneva Convention technically does not protect enemy combatants who fight in a non-governmental, unofficial capacity; however, many suspects that were tortured in CIA black prisons were merely suspected of committing terrorism, without trial, and many were later released because they were innocent. The sad part is, they cannot even receive a redress of their grievances through congress, much less through any other area of government, because there are no protections written in the laws that specifically address being wrongfully tortured -- illegally, I might add -- although torture is technically illegal on the international level. <br /><br /><br />Ain't hindsight grand?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294134396053582703noreply@blogger.com