From Wolf's article: "To judge from firsthand documents obtained by the ACLU through a FOIA lawsuit, we can guess what is probably on the missing CIA interrogation tapes -- as well as understand why those implicated are spinning so hard to pretend the tapes do not document a series of evident crimes. According to the little-noticed but extraordinarily important book 'Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond' (Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh, Columbia University Press, New York 2007), which presents dozens of original formerly secret documents - FBI emails and memos, letters and interrogator "wish lists," raw proof of the systemic illegal torture of detainees in various US-held prisons -- the typical "harsh interrogation" of a suspect in US custody reads like an account of abuses in archives at Yad Vashem."
Be careful, torture is documented in this link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/what-is-probably-in-the-m_b_76708.html
2007-12-14 15:56:30 · 4 answers · asked by edith clarke 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
What the Bush administration has allowed, or even encouraged, is a sickening disgrace, and a permanent black mark on this country. And yet Republicans still overwhelmingly support what they so blithely call "enhanced" interrogation.
2007-12-14 16:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nothing within this document surprises me.
There is some hope in this. Until recently the administration and its vassal agencies were arrogant enough to presume that they could conceal or simply override the truth.
Perhaps there is some chance for democracy and the constitution to reassert in your country. Until very recently these people were simply not afraid enough to destroy the evidence of their crimes. I think losing the Senate was a further step than they anticipated.
There is still some hope.
2007-12-14 16:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by Twilight 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I admire Naomi Wolf's courage in tackling this topic, and bravo to you for this post. I totally concur with Stephen L's response.
I really hope that these crimes will be fully exposed and the perpetrators prosecuted: open public trials would cleanse America of this ugly stain.
2007-12-14 16:14:28 · answer #3 · answered by zucchinisisback 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
tapes?
WHAT TAPES?
I, for one, as an American, am SHOCKED...!!!
(sarcasm)
2007-12-19 07:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋