Reply #9: This seems to be a legal no-brainer [View All]

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There are certain immunities that government officials enjoy, due to the official duties of their positions. But no government official has a duty to torture anyone; in fact, government officials, particularly high government officials, have sworn a duty to uphold and defend the Constitution. In tandem with the Constitution (and by the terms of the Constitution) are our country's treaty obligations. Together these form the highest laws of our government. And no government official is immune to the strictures and obligations of the Constitution and our country's treaties, even in furtherance of gathering intelligence, as this appellate panel rules.

This decision stinks, and degrades the United States.