Former CIA agent slams Cheney as ‘hypocritical’

Former CIA agent slams Cheney as ‘hypocritical’
By David Edwards and Stephen Webster

Administration plans release of ‘holy grail’ torture memo illustrating why abusing prisoners doesn’t work

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“According to excerpts included in those memos, the inspector general’s report concluded that interrogators initially used harsh techniques against some detainees who were not withholding information. Officials familiar with its contents said it also concluded that some of the techniques appeared to violate the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, ratified by the United States in 1994.”

The paper continued: “Although some useful information was produced, the report concluded that ‘it is difficult to determine conclusively whether interrogations have provided information critical to interdicting specific imminent attacks,’ according to the Justice Department’s declassified summary of it. The threat of such an imminent attack was cited by the department as an element in its 2002 and later written authorization for using harsh techniques.”

“Dem Congressional staffers tell me this report is the ‘holy grail,’ because it is expected to detail torture in unprecedented detail and to cast doubt on the claim that torture works — and its release will almost certainly trigger howls of protest from conservatives,” reports Greg Sargent. “Tellingly, neither the CIA nor the White House knocked down the story in response to my questions, with spokespeople for both declining comment.”

“The release of this thing is going to be a big deal,” he adds.

This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast May 11, 2009.

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Talk about hypocritical...I'd like to hear an interviewer ask Mr. Vader how he squares his involvement in the torture conspiracy with the principles and premises of his Methodist religious faith...with his Prince of Peace! I think I know what his answer would be, "...go #%$^ yourself!"

I'm curious to see what this 'holy grail' omits

Let crashcart get all his evidence together...then travel to the Hague. I'm sure there are some very open minded judges at the World Court who would give him a fair hearing. Of course, it would be outside his political clout and media intimidation reach and so much the better.

As a signatory to several international treaties regarding torture, the definition of torture is not his nor his spinners to define. It's there...codified in international law...based on millenium of experience and very clear cut. Let cheney "justify" how he "kept us safe" while he faces those who he felt were such threats.