The Tin Man will no doubt be not at all surprised to read that the US military has solved their torture problems in Abu Ghraib. Not by actually banning torture, just by banning all the means to document it. It reminds one of the riddle:
The Riddle of the Tree
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
The Riddle of Abu Ghraib
If a prisoner is tortured in Abu Ghraib and no one is able to photograph it, do his screams make a sound?
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