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...developed a reputation for the outlandish stunt. What's the next big idea you're pursuing? What hasn't been explored at all is the depths of the oceans. So we're in the process of building something called Virgin Aquatic, which is going to be submarines to go 35,000 feet underwater. The oceans need exploring - we know nothing about what's going on under 25,000 feet. I have an island called Necker Island and 15 miles from there is the deepest place in the whole of the Atlantic, the Puerto Rican Trench. It's quite likely that...
...hard to think of a more bizarre and troubling contradiction than shutting down the number of torture programs while stepping up the number of remote-control executions. Keeping our own boys safe is a laudable goal, but not if it comes at the cost of due process or credibility abroad...
...they call into question the legal conclusions that allowed harsh interrogation in late 2007. The CIA account of the congressional briefing was used by Bradbury to argue that prolonged sleep deprivation did not "shock the conscience," a legal standard based on the Constitution's Fifth Amendment right to due process. While "not conclusive on the Constitutional question," Bradbury argued that the lack of objections from members of Congress following the classified briefing contributed to providing "a relevant measure of contemporary standards." If Bradbury had concluded that extended sleep deprivation did "shock the conscience," the technique would have been illegal under...
...debates in 2005 and 2006, McCain argued against applying the Army Field Manual rules to the CIA, saying intelligence agencies should not be constrained by military rules. Upon taking office, President Obama announced that the CIA would be limited to the field manual's techniques. Obama also began a process to review the possibility of adding additional methods, beyond the field manual, for the interrogation of high-value detainees...
...certain detainees could be subjected to six enhanced interrogation techniques: dietary manipulation, extended sleep deprivation, facial hold, attention grasp, abdominal slap and facial slap. Sleep deprivation was achieved by using "physical restraints to prevent the detainee from falling asleep"; detainees were forced to wear an adult diaper during the process...