From Jim Macdonald:

[taper]

ATTENTION US MILITARY PERSONNEL

You are not required to obey an unlawful order.

You are required to disobey an unlawful order.

You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

The Constitution states (Article VI):

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United

Comments

[almanzo]

Nice.

Too bad America's balls are all prosthetic and for show.

[ronbar]

I hope morale is low enough within the military and especially within the CIA that no one will even bother requesting the order be put in writing. They just won't try very hard at torturing. That way they're not actually disobeying orders, but they're also not committing war crimes or crimes against humanity. It's the employment version of passive resistance.

Personally, if I was a designated torturer, I would want the torture order and my refusal to torture in writing and documented through disciplinary action. I don't think the courts of the not-too-distant future will be very kind to the torturers.