Tortured by Uncle Sam
AntiWar.Com
by Philip Giraldi
10/23/07
The issue of torture as a reliable interrogation tool aside, torture brutalizes and degrades the individual carrying it out, the organization he or she represents, and the government that approves of the practice. Even people who support many of the excesses resulting from the so-called War on Terror frequently understand that there are lines that should not be crossed, and torture is one of them. There have been reports that the CIA has had difficulty in recruiting people willing to carry out ‘extreme interrogation.’ That attorney general-designate Michael Mukasey, who is almost certain to be confirmed by Congress, claims not to know whether water-boarding amounts to torture or not is outrageous. That the president of the United States has not been challenged by the public and press when he explains that ‘we do not torture’ — while he refuses to make public secret memos contradicting his words — marks a sad day for those who revere our liberties...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=11799
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mukasey
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=water+boarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
by Philip Giraldi
10/23/07
The issue of torture as a reliable interrogation tool aside, torture brutalizes and degrades the individual carrying it out, the organization he or she represents, and the government that approves of the practice. Even people who support many of the excesses resulting from the so-called War on Terror frequently understand that there are lines that should not be crossed, and torture is one of them. There have been reports that the CIA has had difficulty in recruiting people willing to carry out ‘extreme interrogation.’ That attorney general-designate Michael Mukasey, who is almost certain to be confirmed by Congress, claims not to know whether water-boarding amounts to torture or not is outrageous. That the president of the United States has not been challenged by the public and press when he explains that ‘we do not torture’ — while he refuses to make public secret memos contradicting his words — marks a sad day for those who revere our liberties...
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=11799
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mukasey
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=water+boarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
rudkla - 23. Okt, 11:26
