Torture: The Rot Began at the Top
QuestionGirl April 18th, 2008 - 11:53 amThe Bush administration has been caught in another lie.
Remember how the president looked earnestly into the television cameras on Oct. 6, 2007, and said, “This government does not torture people.”
While the issue of illegal and inhumane practices towards prisoners erupted into public consciousness following the release of gruesome photos from Abu Ghraib in April 2004, secret memos dating from much earlier reveal that detailed and elaborate discussions on the use of torture were held in the White House by top government officials
Rather than just “a few bad apples,” as those lower military members who were prosecuted for their crimes at Abu Ghraib were labeled, these documents prove the “rot” began at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Full article at Workers.org
October 2007
“This government does not torture people. We stick to US law and our international obligations.”
April 18th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Perino still smiles perkily while being an authoritarian hack.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Two more key points:
1) EVeryone knows the basic and in some cases specific techniques being used.
2) You can’t really “train” to resist waterboarding. SERE training shows servicepeople what it’s like. But the gag reflex is involuntary, because depending on which of the 4 major techniques is being used, it’s not simulated drowning, it’s actual drowning. Many people don’t even last a minute.
In any case, these people are both liars and evil, and they’re lying to try to cover up their evil.