Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Rack 'Em Up?


From Bob Woodward in the Washington Post: 

The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Baydetainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, interrogating him with techniques that included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold, leaving him in a "life-threatening condition."

"We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani," said Susan J. Crawford, in her first interview since being named convening authority of military commissions by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in February 2007. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution.

Crawford, a retired judge who served as general counsel for the Army during the Reagan administration and as Pentagon inspector general when Dick Cheney was secretary of defense, is the first senior Bush administration official responsible for reviewing practices at Guantanamo to publicly state that a detainee was tortured.

Did Dubya add to his pardon list after Laura read him the news?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good God, you are a stupid dolt.

Please go and DIAF.

JohnnyRussia said...

Breakin' out your urban dictionary, huh?

Enjoy the inauguration.