Bush political appointees in DOD undermined prisoner treatment

Pepperbelly

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Sat May-08-04 07:37 AM
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Bush political appointees in DOD undermined prisoner treatment

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The bar association's 110-page report, released last week, leaves no doubt that the practices revealed at Abu Ghraib violated both U.S. and international law. During the preparation of that report, Horton and his colleagues were more concerned with practices in Afghanistan and Guant�namo than in Iraq. What they have learned recently, however, suggests that questionable practices and attitudes toward prisoners stem from broad policy decisions made at the very highest levels of the Defense Department.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/05/07/rights/index.html

WTF?

:wow:

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phaseolus

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Sat May-08-04 07:47 AM
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1. Lemme guess --

the Federalist Society kinda likes the torture thing...

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blm

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Sat May-08-04 01:20 PM
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2. And at the highest levels in the White House.

I have no doubt about that. Cheney was Sec of Defense under Bush1 and he was CERTAINLY part of this policy of abuse of the prisoners.

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Octafish

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Sat May-08-04 10:59 PM
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3. That's interesting.

Isn't that what McCain kept asking Rumsfeld and Rummie kept saying he didn't have the chain of command in front of him, adding he needed it because it seemed the thing had more than a few branches. Of course, we knew the thing led through the offices of the folks who bring you MK/ULTRA and who-knows-what-else. They're political appointees, all right -- the kind that never, ever leave.

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Octafish

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Sun May-09-04 05:03 PM
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4. Kick to the pants of the BFEE.

As "Commandeer-in-Thief," Bush is responsible. Oops. My bad. The buck stops with Cheney. After Rumsfeld, that is.

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Sun May-09-04 05:28 PM
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5. Gee, you mean Lynndie England didn't think of all of it by herself?

I'm shocked!

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