| Canada has put the US on torture watch list ( http://tinyurl.com/2xdetp ). Does the US government do so? |
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Asked 2 years ago
by JohnUSeed  United States |
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...and then we removed the US from the list.
http://tinyurl.com/39eqfg
Cool. Now, was the US removed because it doesn't torture, or because there was some "pressure from close allies"?
Well, could there have been "pressure from anti-USA forces" to put them on the list?
Maybe. If it wasn't an internal document not for outside agencies...
I'm sure it wasn't a government official who added the US to the list. More likely a gov worker. I'd say the US was removed from the list due to US pressure. I'm sure the person who added the US to the list did so intentionally. There tends to be a lot of negivite feelings about the US government in Canada. The US was on the list because of Guantanamo Bay.
Don't worry John, we will still share info and protect each other.
Depends on your definitions. If you agree with SOME US officials that water boarding IS torture, then the answer is definitively, "yes," since they admit to water boarding.
It's sad that the Canadian government is less worried about torture than they are about "embarrassing close allies."
Yep. I say leave the US on the list until Guantanamo is gone.
better question: Does the US care?
The government seems to. Or why has it made it into the news? Must have caused someone offence.