On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:03:18 -0700, Foxtrot <foxtrot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Thaddeus Stevens <thaddeusstephens@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Top Bush Aides Pushed for Guantánamo Torture
>>Senior Officials Bypassed Army Chief to Introduce Interrogation Methods
>>
>>By Richard Norton-Taylor
>>
>>America’s most senior general was “hoodwinked” by top Bush
administration officials determined
>>to push through aggressive interrogation techniques of terror suspects
held at Guantánamo Bay,
>>leading to the US military abandoning its age-old ban on the cruel and
inhumane treatment of
>>prisoners, the Guardian reveals today.0419 01 1
>>
>>General Richard Myers, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff from
2001 to 2005, wrongly
>>believed
>
>> ... he was duped
>
>>In his new book, Torture Team, Philippe Sands
>
>Ah. So we have a known Bush basher who's peddling a new book
>to bash Bush. Obviously he's going to sensationalize his claims for
>his agenda as well as his own monetary gain. Nice source,
>TheDunce.
Have you seen any correction or denial from Myers? No. Odd. Neither
have I.
>
>> · Myers believes ...
>
>> · Myers wrongly believed ...
>
>>Myers was one top official who did not understand ...
>
>>Myers mistakenly believed ...
>
>>Sands, who spent three hours with the former general, says he was
“confused” about the decisions
>>that were taken.
>
>Note how Myers himself isn't being quoted in most of these claims.
Nor has he corrected them.
>
>>in December 2002 for use by the military at Guantánamo had been taken
from the US army field
>>manual. They included hooding, sensory deprivation, and physical and
mental abuse.
>
>Ooooh how terrible. A hood was placed over their heads and they
>couldn't see or hear much. Exactly what is the definition of "physical
>and mental abuse"? Lack of conjugal visits? Deprival of al Qaeda
>reading material?
>
>C'mon libs. If you truly believe in this cause, demand that Cokehead
>Obama and Battleax Clinton adopt this issue and insist that they
>promise to release terrorists currently in custody.
>
>>Larry Wilkerson, a former army officer and chief of staff to Colin
Powell, US secretary of state
>>at the time, told the Guardian: “I do know that Rumsfeld had neutralised
the chairman [Myers] in
>>many significant ways.
>>
>>“The secretary did this by cutting [Myers] out of im****tant
communications, meetings,
>>deliberations and plans.
>
>>http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/19/8392/
>
>Yeah right there's an objective source.
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