An interesting bit from today's White House press conference
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Q: Has the President ever issued an order against torture of prisoners? And do we still send prisoners to Syria to be tortured?MR. McCLELLAN: The President has stated publicly that we do not condone torture and that he would never authorize the use of torture. He has made that --
Q: But has he issued an order?
MR. McCLELLAN: -- statement very publicly, and he's made it clear to everybody in the government that we do not torture.
Q: Well, why do we still hear these stories then?
MR. McCLELLAN: If there are allegations of wrongdoing, then the President expects those allegations to be fully investigated and if there is actual wrongdoing that occurs, then people need to be held to account. The President has made that very clear.
Q: Well, do you deny that we still send prisoners to other countries to be tortured? Is that a denial?
MR. McCLELLAN: Judge Gonzales testified previously that we have an obligation not to render people to countries that we know would torture them.
Q: He did not rule out torture.
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, David.
All non-answers. ALL of them.
