Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, vowed that the spy agency will not engage in torture of detainees under her watch, even if ordered by the president.
Must be a relief to CIA agents all over the world who will now never be tortured in reciprocity.
I bet Gina would change her tune if a member of her family were to recieve the ‘Heretics Fork’ form of torture. This torture device consisted of a metal piece with two opposed bi-pronged forks attached to a belt or strap. One end of the device was pushed under the chin, the other to the sternum, and the strap was used to secure the victim’s neck to the tool while the victim hung from the ceiling or was somehow suspended so that they could not sleep. If their heads dropped, the prongs would pierce their throat and chest.
Her CIA doesn’t listen to the President now, they gonna start obeying Trump for this?
The real problem is the fluid definition of what is and is not torture.
I don’t think any of this beats a helicopter ride over rice paddies where fewer passengers return than depart. It induces verbal diarrhea.