Originally posted by Gaviani
[B]This was your original statement:

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I suppose one could argue that as long as no Americans are put in harms way, who cares if the US witholds intelligence vital to the security of people abroad, all to prevent embarrassment to itself? Even if this wasn't a morally repugnant position, there are countless Americans living or travelling abroad.
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Your original statement was that it was "morally repugnant" to (ostensibly) believe that an American body ought act to defend itself, America has no right to withhold intelligence that could:

1) Damage its own intelligence agenices while
2) Saving no American lives/interests.
Except, it wasn't 1 or 2 above I take exception to. I said "all to prevent embarrasment to itself"

I said nothing about it being immoral to withold information that could damage intelligence agencies while saving no American lives. I don't conceed that allowing a court to review evidence that the UK government was complicit with the US in torture would damage US intelligence agencies, as I don't see it as a function of intelligence agencies to engage in torture.

P.S. Somehow, in trying to quote and respond to your post, formatting has become rather messed up. I have tried to fix that, but it still isn't pretty. Sorry for that.