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It seems to me that the DOD wants it both ways here. When they take prisoners from Afghanistan to Gitmo they can tie them up, blindfold them, make them wear a big diaper, etc. (BTW I have no problem whatsoever with any of that, but I would be surprised to find any precedent in US military history of similar treatment of normal POWs) and hold them for an indeterminate period of time because they are "enemy combatants", but an officer in Iraq can't use questionable interrogation techniques.

If I were LTC West's advocate I would subpoanae (sp) the testimony of every soldier involved in interrogation of prisoners in Afghanistan to see if there are any similar incidents that went unpunished. The DOD just may be opening a can of worms that they don't want to deal with with this.

I agree. Some of our methods in either case are somewhat confusing, from a legal standpoint. Buy you, yourself, use the word "questionable" when referring to LTC West's actions. If they're truly "questionable", then we should question them and find out. I've never said they should hang him from a pike.

I think the LTC should do whatever he can to make his case, the same as I would suggest for anybody facing prosecution. He deserves the best defense he can get.