Wilkerson's Sworn Declaraton:"I Served An Admin That Tortured/Abused Innocent For Political Reasons"

Hey folks, I think Wilkerson’s sworn declaration is much better reading than the stories that have been published, much of which is based off the Times of London story, which is not very good, IMO.

I’ve uploaded a link to his declaration here: http://www.truthout.org/files/Wilkerson.pdf
and here is a copy of the lawsuit which it was filed in support of (which also names Geoffrey Miller): http://www.truthout.org/files/hassanvgates.pdf



http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/04/09/wilkerson-cheney-and-rummy-knew-gitmo-detainees-were-innocent/

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/04/09/wilkerson-cheney-and-rummy-knew-gitmo-detainees-were-innocent/#comment-229448

General Smedley Darlington Butler's treatise, "War Is A Racket".

Click on the .pdf link and indulge a nauseating read. I'll excerpt just one small part:

"My own view is that it was easy for Vice President Cheney to run circles around President Bush bureaucratically because Cheney had the network within the government to do so. Moreover, by exploiting what Secretary Powell called the President's 'cowboy instincts,' Vice President Cheney could more often than not gain the President's acquiescence."

Lucky for the United States, all of this is just water under the bridge or over the dam or down the drain, so we shouldn't worry our pretty little heads about the war crimes detailed in Mr. Wilkerson's declaration. It would be too political, and tear the country apart. So much preferable to wait until the survivors of our crimes grow tired of waiting for us to police ourselves, and exact their own righteous retribution. Of course, if they're a little sloppy in their selection of targets, you don't mind dying for the crimes of the Bush administration, do you? Or if a relative, friend or other loved one gets his or her ticket punched, you're okay with that, right?

Just so ya know. Doubt many others are either.

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dis·in·genu·ous (dis′in jen′yo̵̅o̅ əs)

adjective

1. not straightforward; not candid or frank; insincere
2. slyly deceptive or misleading, typically by means of a pretense of ignorance or unawareness

or

dis·in·gen·u·ous
Pronunciation: \ˌdis-in-ˈjen-yə-wəs, -yü-əs-\
Function: adjective
Date: 1655

: lacking in candor; also : giving a false appearance of simple frankness : calculating

Didja see Tiger tee off the other day?

Now, THAT'S news!