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A day doesn鈥檛 pass without some discussion of torture policy: if, when and how President-elect Obama will change it, what about those legal memos authorizing torture, and if statements gained through it are admissible at the military commissions.

If you read one article about torture this week, make it . Jeff analyzes what changed (and what didn't) in the revised manual issued in 2006. The 2006 AFM was intended to implement the military鈥檚 recognition that 鈥溾�� in the words of the Army's then deputy chief of staff for intelligence, Lt. Gen. John F. Kimmons. Jeff, however, raises the concern that Appendix M to the AFM still allows torture. He quotes the 老澳门开奖结果's Hina Shamsi, who points out that techniques permitted in Appendix M could violate the Geneva Conventions and open the door to criminal liability.

When he was a candidate, President-elect Obama swore to uphold the Geneva Conventions and reject torture. We're looking to him to again make this country鈥斺��"a light of justice."