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Quote by: Dieval "knows the laws"? interesting way of trying to give them credability... The tapes were deemed to be of no legal value, hence they are not "evidence".

I'm sure the CIA specifically focuses on human rights violations and knows what is legal and what is not. Their job is to gather intelligence, not be another division of law enforcement.... what they determined as not evidence, I question.

No one was shot in the knee or "border-line" drowned... Which techniques were determined to be illegal?

You don't know much about waterboarding do you?

Waterboarding is a torture technique that simulates drowning in a controlled environment. It consists of immobilizing an individual on his or her back, with the head inclined downward, and pouring water over the face to force the inhalation of water into the lungs. Waterboarding has been used to obtain information, coerce confessions, punish, and intimidate. In contrast to merely submerging the head, waterboarding elicits the gag reflex, and can make the subject believe death is imminent. Waterboarding's use as a method of torture or means to support interrogation is based on its ability to cause extreme mental distress while possibly creating no lasting physical damage to the subject. The psychological effects on victims of waterboarding can last long after the procedure. Although waterboarding in cases can leave no lasting physical damage, it carries the real risks of extreme pain, damage to the lungs, brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation, injuries as a result of struggling against restraints (including broken bones), and even death. Numerous experts have described this technique as torture.

And did destroying the tapes happen before or after it was deemed illegal?

Hmmm... let's see... considdering Waterboarding has been classified as a form of tortue since 1478 in Spain during the trial portion of the Spanish Inquisition process.... the tapes were destroyed after it was deemed torture and hince illegal by modren society worldwide.