Passages from this article in the News Telegraph
Speaking before her departure for a tricky four-day visit to Europe, the US Secretary of State gave Washington's first detailed defence of the CIA since a transatlantic row broke out last month over its alleged use of secret prisons in eastern Europe.
Miss Rice also conceded that terrorist suspects were flown abroad for interrogation but denied that they were tortured, saying that the US always acted in accordance with international law.
She also hinted strongly that anything the CIA did on European soil was with the support of host governments.
Over the next four days she can expect a grilling about her definition of torture and her understanding of the legality of "rendition", the CIA's practice of kidnapping suspects then flying them to a third country to be held in legal limbo. Two of the most frequent destinations, Egypt and Jordan, have a record of torturing prisoners.
"What now constitutes torture in the US?" Rice said on RTE (Irish State Radio). "That is a big problem, especially when the acts are carried out outside the US."
I'd be interested in what Rice defines torture as, and more specifically what she doesn't.
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