Nope, try actually answering the question.
What's the difference between:
"that what Cheney is seeking is, in fact, the ability to torture someone."
and
allow the president the right to grant the CIA the authority to use torture in extreme circumstances where the prisoner may have information that would keep Americans from being killed.
There is no difference, because "extreme circumstances" and "where the prisoner may have information that would keep Americans killed" are vague and would be (and have been) applied fairly indiscriminately.
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What's the difference between:
"that what Cheney is seeking is, in fact, the ability to torture someone."
and
allow the president the right to grant the CIA the authority to use torture in extreme circumstances where the prisoner may have information that would keep Americans from being killed.
There is no difference, because "extreme circumstances" and "where the prisoner may have information that would keep Americans killed" are vague and would be (and have been) applied fairly indiscriminately.
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