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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Feb. 26, 2008

Tortured Logic: Scalia's Remarks at Odds With Constitution

Forum Column - By John Burton - Justice Antonin Scalia's recent endorsement of the use of torture is antagonistic to the United States' most fundamental principles.

FORUM COLUMN

By John Burton
This article appears on Page 6.

      In a radio interview broadcast Feb. 12 in Great Britain, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated that nothing in the Constitution prohibits federal agents from using torture while questioning their captives.
      The media buried the story, and none of the leading presidential candidates, despite recent revelations of CIA ...

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