Letters

摘要

"What would dick do?" by stuart taylor jr. And evan Thomas (Jan. 19) seems little more than a defense ofVice President Cheney's tactics and policies during the Bush administration-policies that include the most basic human-rights abuse, torture. Several authorities on interrogation techniques (including military personnel) contend that most information collected by means of torture is basically useless. It violates international law and puts our own captured military personnel at risk. It shames us globally and destroys our credibility when we call for human rights abroad. Far from discouraging terrorism, we generate new terrorists and give fresh ammunition to our enemies. We have lost our collective soul when we not only fail to oppose torture, but also applaud it as heroic and necessary to our nation's security. It is neither.