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Ridge: US 'should not rule out torture'
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Ridge said information extracted by torture could be unreliable |
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The outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security has said torture may be used in certain cases in order to prevent a major loss of life. Speaking to the BBC, Tom Ridge said the US did not condone the use of torture to extract information from terrorists. But he said that under an "extreme set" of hypothetical circumstances, such as a nuclear threat, "it could happen". A spokesman for Mr Ridge said his comments were taken out of context and did not amount to approval of torture.`
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