Saturday, December 18, 2004

McCain's essay on torture



A very moving, cogent piece on why torture should be banned. An Excerpt:
Those who argue the necessity of some abuses raise an important dilemma as their most compelling rationale: the ticking-time-bomb scenario. What do we do if we capture a terrorist who we have sound reasons to believe possesses specific knowledge of an imminent terrorist attack?

-Sen. John McCain