Should waterboarding be considered a valid, and legal, interrogation technique?
No, waterboarding is torture and must never be condoned, as it is a violation of international law including the Geneva conventions. 4. Your view on the use of private contractors, such as Blackwater, in a war zone? I am deeply disturbed by the lack of accountability of these private contractors and believe we should revisit our country’s policies to eliminate any “need” for such contractors. When we send our troops overseas for three or four deployments, we are stretching our military forces too thin. Now our government is pulling people out of hospitals, even for treatment of severe conditions including bipolar disorder, homicidal and suicidal tendencies and sending them back to Iraq. We are woefully short of personnel and our soldiers are paying the price. But turning to unaccountable private contractors is not the answer—particularly contractors with records of abuses. The role of security and other vital functions should be filled by American military personnel, not contractors un
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