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The CIA\u2019s use of black sites, enforced disappearance and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/10\/03\/interview-new-cia-torture-claims\u0022\u003Etorture\u003C\/a\u003E in the last decade was not only \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/12\/01\/us-cia-torture-unfinished-business\u0022\u003Eillegal\u003C\/a\u003E but deeply damaging to the reputation and national security of the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EScores of men were subjected to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/10\/03\/us-ex-detainees-describe-unreported-cia-torture\u0022\u003Ebrutal interrogation methods\u003C\/a\u003E that were not only illegal but also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/CRPT-113srpt288.pdf\u0022\u003Eineffective\u003C\/a\u003E in gathering useful intelligence, and caused the US to waste resources by pursuing false leads. US law is clear that the Army Field Manual cannot be modified for at least two years, and even then only to ensure it complies with US domestic and international legal obligations. Even if the manual were modified to allow coercive techniques, these would still be illegal under longstanding US and international law. Anyone who engages in torture, as well as those who order or authorize it, also faces criminal liability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EQuote of the Day, by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnMcCain\u0022\u003E@SenJohnMcCain\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/tKEklqbgLR\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/tKEklqbgLR\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Torture?src=hash\u0022\u003E#Torture\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/eD5RqrM0IA\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/eD5RqrM0IA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Human Rights Watch (@hrw) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw\/status\/824364810007613440\u0022\u003EJanuary 25, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAny order to keep the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open would be a terrible mistake. Guantanamo is a potent symbol of injustice, inhumane detentions, and torture. The military commissions there are fundamentally flawed and have deprived the families of 9\/11 victims of seeing justice done. US federal courts have proven very capable of handling these cases effectively and with respect for due process. The draft order cites \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/08\/24\/dangers-guantanamo\u0022\u003Emisleading statistics\u003C\/a\u003E on the number of those released from Guantanamo who have \u201creturned\u201d to the fight, which additionally \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.constitutionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TCP-GTMO-Recidivism-Analysis-9-4.pdf\u0022\u003Econflate\u003C\/a\u003E the number of those who are confirmed and suspected of having done so. Further, keeping individuals in Guantanamo due to the actions of others amounts to collective punishment and denies the men held there fair process. Trump should be working to close Guantanamo and fully restore the role of federal courts in terrorism cases, not sending more people to be unjustly imprisoned there.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EA return to \u0022enhanced interrogations\u0022? Deeply troubling and illegal. Trump shouldn\u0027t even be entertaining the notion \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/vwohihEJdC\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/vwohihEJdC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/824267832103931905\u0022\u003EJanuary 25, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EFor more HRW research on torture see:\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2015\/12\/01\/no-more-excuses\/roadmap-justice-cia-torture\u0022\u003ENo More Excuses: A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/12\/01\/interview-torture-and-cia\u0022\u003EInterview: Torture and the CIA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/10\/03\/us-ex-detainees-describe-unreported-cia-torture\u0022\u003EUS: Ex-Detainees Describe Unreported CIA Torture\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/10\/03\/us-ex-detainees-describe-unreported-cia-torture\u0022\u003EGetting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2012\/09\/05\/delivered-enemy-hands\/us-led-abuse-and-rendition-opponents-gaddafis-libya\u0022\u003EDelivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi\u2019s Libya\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__299364__en","data":"","settings":null}]