Possible Prosecutions - Eric Holder and Dick Cheney

Possible prosecution revolves around those who sanctioned these decisions that violated international laws, not what information was obtained, and Dick Cheney sanctioned and advocates torture. Reports of success can easily be fabricated through interrogations that produce false confessions and false information. The use of torture it’s self discredits and renders any possible information that Dick Cheney would like to protect himself or his actions with, invalid. The information obtained is similar to the information that “justified” the invasion of Iraq.

Those in the justice department that supported and complied with the demands of the Bush administration were “rewarded” while those who did not were “dismissed”.

The CIA is also often used to take the blame for different actions or demands from current administrations; in this case it is the Bush administration.

The United States has no problem on waging war on enemies or criminals, but when a US administration commits crimes or tries to circumvent international laws or US laws, it “loses” in more ways then one.

Psychological and Physical Torture (invisible) PTSD – Bush administration
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-245540

"To violate the statute, an individual must have the specific intent to inflict severe pain or suffering," "Because specific intent is an element of the offense, the absence of specific intent negates the charge of torture. ... We have further found that if a defendant acts with the good faith belief that his actions will not cause such suffering, he has not acted with specific intent,"

The intent is to use force and harm, torture, and claim that there is no specific intent to escape prosecution. Another intent is to use people’s ignorance that psychological torture is not harmful or does not inflict suffering.

Psychological torture is usually used because of its invisibility, and to try to escape prosecution, but it has serious mental and physical effects.

Degrading themes and humiliation were used in this example. “Other memos allowed the use of such tactics as keeping a detainee naked and in some cases in a diaper, and putting detainees on a liquid diet…"Detainees subject to sleep deprivation who are also subject to nudity as a separate interrogation technique will at times be nude and wearing a diaper,"”

Sleep deprivation and a liquid diet do affect the body physically and can lead to very serious illnesses, one of them being acid-base disorders.

High levels of stress, sleep deprivation, and liquid diets all reduce macrominerals like potassium in your body which leads to acid-base disorders. The reduction in macrominerals and higher levels of cortisol can also lead to PTSD.