&gt; Their illegal behavior weakened the rights all of us depend on.<p>I disagree. It&#x27;s good to be wary of this sort of thing, but Australia (where this happened) doesn&#x27;t seem to have a police brutality problem. Had the police done the legal thing, an innocent child would have been cooked alive. So in this case, I&#x27;m glad they broke the law.<p>Laws and morals don&#x27;t always agree. When they disagree, that is a failing of laws, not morals. Many things are illegal, but moral. For example, it may be necessary to steal or trespass to help save a life. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, those actions are for naught, and the person dies anyway. Does that make those actions wrong? No. And in those cases, you&#x27;d be hard-pressed to find a DA willing to prosecute. I&#x27;m OK with that.<p>Again, I think torture should be illegal. I think programs like the CIA&#x27;s extraordinary rendition are abhorrent. I think Guantanamo Bay will be rightfully condemned by future generations. I&#x27;m certain the post-9&#x2F;11 institutionalization of torture has caused far more harm than good. But I <i>also</i> think that torture can, in some cases, be morally justified. And I think my example demonstrates that.