Justified??
Now, this is just too fucked up to be believed.
In August 2002, the Justice Department advised the White House that torturing al Qaeda terrorists in captivity abroad "may be justified," and that international laws against torture "may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations" conducted in President Bush's war on terrorism, according to a newly obtained memo.
So what does it all mean? Is America immune to International laws just because of claims that it might, just might be unconstitutional to the American constitution? So the international laws are for everyone else other than the Americans? Hmmmm... what a strange concept...
"necessity and self-defense could provide justifications that would eliminate any criminal liability"
R.i.g.h.t. Of course it’s necessary to torture prisoners and of course it’s self-defense to torture prisoners who cannot fight back. =_=
What bullshit!
Pentagon officials said the group examined at least 35 interrogation techniques, and Rumsfeld later approved using 24 of them in a classified directive on April 16, 2003, that governed all activities at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon has refused to make public the 24 interrogation procedures.
Hmmm....I wonder what the 24 interrogation procedures are...*ponders*
3 Comments:
At June 8, 2004 at 7:56 PM,
Neko said…
you should be glad then that ashcroft might be in contempt of congress for failing to hand over the memos.
it's all over the current news there...
INTERESTING.
Dems and Rep senators are munching into ashcroft.
At June 9, 2004 at 3:15 PM,
f said…
17 of the 24 interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay by Rumsfeld are from the US Army field manual on interrogation which was developed to conform with Geneva Convention requirements on the treatment of prisoners.
From what I've seen during the inquiries, the list includes isolation, sleep deprivation, use of dogs (with their muzzles on), sensory deprivations (e.g. in a cell which has no light), forcing the detainee to stand at attention for long periods of time, disorientation, rapid-fire questioning, offering of incentives and up to 45 minutes tied in "stress positions."
General Miller had strongly suggested that this same set of techniques be used in Iraq. However, all harsh/coercive techniques were subject to approval by Abizad or Sanchez. So far, Sanchez insists he had only approved 25 instances of isolation exceeding 30 days. This conflicts with suggestions from some officials that he did allow sleep deprivation, intimidation by guard dogs and inducing fear to persuade an Iraqi inmate to talk.
At June 11, 2004 at 11:00 PM,
random said…
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20040610-33.html
i wanted to post this, but sincee you guys have not added me to the contributer's list, i will just post it here...
do you know that denver is now baghdad's "sister" city..
at least its better than dallas which has kirkuk...
people in denver must be pissed... chicago got paris
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