http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1086819009742&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795This editorial is currently the 3rd headline under US at google news.
"The news that serving U.S. officials have officially endorsed principles once advanced by Augusto Pinochet brings shame on American democracy — even if it is true, as the administration maintains, that its theories have not been put into practice. Even on paper, the administration's reasoning will provide a ready excuse for dictators, especially those allied with the Bush administration, to go on torturing and killing detainees."
"Before the Bush administration took office, the army's interrogation procedures — which were unclassified — established this simple and sensible test: No technique should be used that, if used by an enemy on an American, would be regarded as a violation of U.S. or international law. Now, imagine that a hostile government were to force an American to take drugs or endure severe mental stress that fell just short of producing irreversible damage; or pain a little milder than that of "organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."
What if the foreign interrogator of an American "knows that severe pain will result from his actions" but proceeds because causing such pain is not his main objective?
What if a foreign leader were to decide that the torture of an American was needed to protect his country's security? Would Americans regard that as acceptable?
According to the Bush administration, they should."
On Edit: Sorry, i forgot the link - it's been a while since i posted.