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Even if we make law conform with the AFM or other standards that proscribe torture, it is always a possibility that situations will arise where intelligence officials are tempted to use techniques and tactics that are illegal. The fact that they were normally proscribed throughout the past eight years is exactly what put them on The Dark Side. Whatever the law says, the Dark Side will still exist, even if it is darker than it had been. It is ultimately up to practitioners and their superiors to see that America no longer engages in torture.
