"Being in custody is coercive" and any statement made while

[Skidmore]

being in custody could be called into questionn--before you even get to questions of information obtained through torture vs. info obtained through "coersive methods." This is soething Bellinger, State Dept. Legal Adviser, made in a press conference explaining *'s rant yesterday. How's that for twisted logic? Sounds like he's setting up an argument that torture is needed because to use due process is considered by them toe be a coercive method. How anyone can make a distinction between torture and "coercive methods" is a mystery to me. How these people can get a fair trial with a presumption of innocence after being tortured is beyond me. They should just be released.

[Skidmore]

1. Why is the legal advisor to the Dept. of State addressing this

anyway? Why not DOJ? Where's the DOD on this issue?

[Swamp Rat]

2. “I just want you to know that, when we talk about war,

we're really talking about peace.”