(JFK speechwriter Ted) Sorensen says lawyers too silent on torture (at U Nebraska commencement)

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By DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 05:41:31 pm CDT

... In a commencement address at the University of Nebraska College of Law, his alma mater, Sorensen urged the graduates to act with courage and embrace integrity in their professional pursuits ...

“Yes, torture gets results,” he said.

“It has resulted in easier, swifter, more successful recruitment for terrorist organizations among the millions of young Islamic fanatics who are willing to use the one weapon against which an open society such as ours has no sure defense — suicide bombing.

“It also resulted in a sharp decline in America’s standing among allies who might otherwise have provided intelligence and other forms of help ...

http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/05/09/news/local/doc4a05f1a7ef6f9463929297.txt

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