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This Is What We Don't Do

by The Reverend on October 22, 2007

in executive powers,torture,war on terror

Here's a few examples of what the Commander Guy says America does not do….

CIA officials told The Times that the FBI wasn't getting crucial information about pending attacks out of Zubeida that they knew he possessed, and that their "enhanced" techniques ultimately worked better and faster. Current and former FBI officials said those CIA techniques resulted in false confessions that were obtained illegally.

"Those guys were using techniques that we didn't even want to be in the room for," one senior federal law enforcement official said. "The CIA determined they were going to torture people, and we made the decision not to be involved."

A senior FBI official who since has retired said he also complained about the lack of usable evidence and admissible statements being gathered. "We knew there were going to be problems back then. But nobody was listening," he said. "Now they have to live with the policy that they have adopted. I don't know if anyone thought of the consequences."

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"I think there's no surprise that they have to call in the FBI to clean up the mess left by the CIA secret detention program," said Jumana Musa, advocacy director for Amnesty International. "They would be smart to use evidence that did not come out of years of secret detentions, interrogations and torture."

….the CIA moved aggressively to take over the interrogations of Mohammed and other senior Al Qaeda detainees, beginning with suspected training camp coordinator Abu Zubeida, who was captured in Pakistan in 2002. Some current and former FBI officials said the spy agency began using coercive techniques such as waterboarding, or simulated drowning, in an effort to get the detainees to talk immediately about the terrorist network's plans. Link

All of that is what the U.S. does not do. It kind of, you know, sounds like somebody was doing the stuff that we don't do. But Junior says we don't do it…so we must not.

Here's the mindset of all the pro-torture advocates…

"We've redone everything, and everything is fine," one official said. "So what's the harm?"

Moronic Maniacs.

  • Jimmy James

    You are clearly wrong on torture. It does work. My proof? Jack Bauer always gets the information to save the day when he tortures. Enough said.

  • larry d.

    Why does torture have to "work" to be worthwhile?

  • Jimmy James

    Larry, good point. Sometimes, it's just fun. Like blowing up frogs with firecrackers or branding frat brothers with a red-hot coat hanger. That's just plain old fun! Ask Junior.

  • The Reverend

    Proud to be an American..

    Cause at least I know we torture.

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