What I don't like is that it grants unending power to a single individual or group of individuals to make those sorts of judgement calls. Granted, we've pretty much been shipping suspects off to other countries under the same silent method of detaining them behind closed doors and hoping no one finds out. Happened at an airport not too far away from me a few years ago. Granted, the newspaper article is 404'd at this point, but:
http://www.democraticunderground.com...ss=104x5404828
What was Aero Contractor's alleged role in interrogations involving torture?
Investigations led by European governments and media outlets and testimony from eyewitnesses have revealed that two planes, a Boeing Business Jet and a Gulfstream V executive jet, had made a base at Aero Contractors Ltd. in Smithfield. The planes frequently flew from Johnston County to Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
The planes would then cross the Atlantic to countries such as Sweden, Italy, Germany, Ireland and Spain and then head to other countries, including Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Jordan and Iraq, where harsh tactics were sometimes used to extract information from prisoners, the investigators said.
Some detainees, later released, said interrogators had subjected them to electric shock, malnourishment or other forms of torture.
http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/369059.html