Given the nod again

Torture is in.

"Evidence gained by torture can be used by the US military review panels deciding the fate of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the US Government has conceded." ....

"Deputy associate Attorney-General, Brian Boyle, has told the District Court in Washington DC, that the Guantanamo review panels are allowing such evidence...."

"Lawyers acting for Australian detainees in Cuba have called on the Australian Government to renounce the practice." (from ABC online)

One can always hope.

Update

What a surprise:

"The Federal Government says that while torture is inappropriate, it has no intention of fighting plans by the US Government to use the evidence.
Australia's Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says that while such evidence is not an accepted part of civilian trials, it can be used in military trials.
"We've always known that that was the approach in the military trial arrangements," he said." (ABC News)

That's the type of standard we want to set for the rest of the world? Could end up backfiring on our citizens o/s one day.