Ahhh, the good ole U. S. of A

So I guess the USA is okay with torture with a headline like this "U.S. Can Use Evidence Gained by Torture" That article as so many scary quotes:

... the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use [torture], Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle acknowledged at a U.S. District Court hearing Thursday.

So now it is okay to torture our prisoners. Umm. Wonder if that PFC England and the other MPs who were / are being tried for torturing the prisoners in Iraq will be let go now.

Attorneys for the prisoners argued that some were held solely on evidence gained by torture, which they said violated fundamental fairness and U.S. due process standards. But Boyle argued in a similar hearing Wednesday that the detainees "have no constitutional rights enforceable in this court."

So I guess a right to not be tortured isn't a fundamental human right protected by international law then, eh?

Boyle said torture was against U.S. policy and any allegations of it would be "forwarded through command channels for military discipline." He added, "I don't think anything remotely like torture has occurred at Guantanamo" but noted that some U.S. soldiers there had been disciplined for misconduct, including a female interrogator who removed her blouse during questioning.

Umm. How can torture considered against U.S. Policy but yet this guy will take evidence gained through torture? If you condone evidence gain though torture, to me that is putting the stamp of approval on torture. So to come out and say torture is against US Policy? We had a saying for that in the service, CYA. Cover Your Ass. And that is what the US Government is doing.