Bush's torture ban is full of loopholes
The president has issued an executive order to stop the CIA from using torture, but the ban is unenforceable.
Its final section states that the order creates no rights enforceable by any victim against the United States or its employees, while expressly offering CIA employees a defense against any attempt to hold them liable for abuse. The ultimate purpose of the law, in other words, is to protect the potential perpetrators, not the potential victims.
Nor is there any mechanism for enforcement outside the courts.
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