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Stahl Worries U.S. May “Deprive” Him of Sleep, Make Him Hot/Cold
Media Research Center ^ | 12-15-03 | Medial Reseach Center

Posted on 12/15/2003 3:06:12 PM PST by FlyLow

CBS’s Lesley Stahl is worried the U.S. might “torture” Saddam Hussein by depriving him of sleep or making him “very cold” or “very hot.” Interviewing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for Sunday’s 60 Minutes, Stahl wanted Rumsfeld to confirm: “The Red Cross can see him soon?” She soon raised the notion of “torture,” demanding to know: “Would we deprive him of sleep, would we make it very cold where he is, or very hot? Are there any restrictions on the way we treat him to get him to cooperate more than he has been?” When Rumsfeld insisted we would we follow the Geneva Conventions, that wasn’t good enough for Stahl who pressed: “Sleep deprivation, that kind of thing. You're ruling it completely out, is that what you're telling us?”

That elicited a classic Rumsfeld response: “I'm not telling you anything other than I have just told you.”

For 60 Minutes, CBS put Rumsfeld on the Face the Nation set in Washington, DC while Stahl quizzed him from a set in New York City.

When Stahl raised the conditions in which Hussein is being held, Rumsfeld assured: “His circumstance is he is at an undisclosed location for obvious reasons. He is being accorded the protections of a prisoner of war and his treatment will be governed by the Geneva Convention.” Stahl wanted to know: “The Red Cross can see him soon?” Rumsfeld: “Those are judgments that will be made by the lawyers as we go along, but one need not worry that he'll be treated in a humane and professional way.” Stahl: “There have been some suggestions that he might try and bargain -- in other words, he'll say okay, 'I'll tell you something about weapons of mass destruction or whatever it is, the insurgency, if you will spare my life.’ Would we engage in a negotiation with this man?” Rumsfeld: “The treatment of a person in his circumstance, it seems to me, is going to end up being discussed by the coalition at a high level, and lawyers will be involved and I think it's a bit early to begin making snap decisions about what might be done. But I think that in the last analysis here's a man who has killed so many tens of thousands of people who will have to be held accountable and brought to justice in some form in some way.” Stahl: “Now, you said that he would be treated as a prisoner of war, but what if-” Rumsfeld: “No, he would be accorded the privileges and as though he were a prisoner of war, not that he necessarily is one. And I say that advisedly.” Stahl: “What’s the distinction?” Rumsfeld: “We don't know yet, but to the extent that he was involved in the insurgency, that one would, a lawyer might say something either different from or in addition to. That's why I just said he would be accorded the protections for the time being of a prisoner of war and certainly his treatment would be governed by the Geneva Conventions.” Stahl bemoaned how Hussein might not get 5 star hotel treatment: “Let me raise the whole question, for lack of a better term, torture. Let's say he's not forthcoming. Would we deprive him of sleep, would we make it very cold where he is, or very hot? Are there any restrictions on the way we treat him to get him to cooperate more than he has been?” Rumsfeld retorted: “You know, to even raise the word torture in terms of how the United States military would treat this person seems to me is a unfortunate. We don't torture people and here's a man who has tortured to death tens of thousands of people, conducted rape and brutality the likes of which it would be difficult to find a more vicious and brutal dictator in our adult lifetimes. And I just told you that he would be treated according to the Geneva Conventions and to suggest that any one would be engaged in torture or conduct inconsistent with the Geneva Conventions seems to me isn't on the mark at all.” Stahl: “Sleep deprivation, that kind of thing. You're ruling it completely out, is that what you're telling us?” Rumsfeld: “I'm not telling you anything other than I have just told you. He'll be treated according to the Geneva Convention and given the protections of a prisoner of war.”

CBS has posted a transcript of the interview, but I noticed some errors in comparing it to what aired: www.cbsnews.com


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: FlyLow
add this to the mix

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1041083/posts

CAIRO, December 15 (IslamOnline.net) – Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsy Clarke expressed readiness Sunday, December 14, to act as defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, with western analysts suspecting the captured leader would be given fair trial.

"Certainly, why not. I am ready to act in his defense," Clarke told IslamOnline.net shortly after the U.S. confirmed the detention of Saddam near Tikrit.
81 posted on 12/15/2003 7:36:42 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: CholeraJoe
We're going to blast Metallica and Nine Inch Nails

Doesn't anybody have that new Dimmu Borgir, or some Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, or Norwegian Black Metal? Why is it always Metallica they play?

82 posted on 12/15/2003 10:43:37 PM PST by MichiganConservative (Repeal the welfare state and the 14th, 16th, and 17th Amendments.)
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To: FlyLow
Stahl wants to know if Hussein can be sent to the "Time Out" chair, eh?
83 posted on 12/15/2003 10:59:29 PM PST by arasina (What will YOU do when Howard Dean or Hillary Clinton is president?)
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To: Bedford Forrest
"The "Peoples' Pool" [at the Marine Corps E&E School, Pickel Meadows] was a tad rougher than that and much quicker..."

Details?

84 posted on 12/15/2003 11:09:06 PM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Let's Roll...)
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To: MichiganConservative
Deicide, Slayer, Mercyful Fate, old Venom, Exodus, Death, Hellhammer, Sodom...

If they put me in charge, he would be talking...
85 posted on 12/15/2003 11:17:51 PM PST by At _War_With_Liberals (It's more than a lib/con thing- All 3 branches of govt colluded to limit the 1st amendmenthave been)
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To: Screaming_Gerbil
A tank made from two 55 gallon drums welded end to end and buried in the ground vertically, with the top end right at grade. Filled to the brim with 40 degree water from a sluice running by. Once the prisoner was in the pool, a grate made out of half inch rebar was placed over the top and secured. Then more water was tossed in through the grate, through which you are trying to breathe. Guaranteed to induce claustrophobia and fear of drowning. I think the max time anyone took for complete attitude recalibration was a minute or two. When I went through Pickel Meadows several of the instructors [Staff Sergeants and Gunnys] had been guests of the North Koreans, so they knew things. In addition to all of the nugget single seat drivers, my group included two people from Force Recon, one of whom broke down during the evasion phase - the point being we weren't getting any Lindt truffles under our pillows at night.
86 posted on 12/16/2003 10:42:03 AM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: FlyLow
Well, at least Leslie won't have to worry about that the "Muslim", Saddam ate. He ate spam. They found spam in his little rat's nest.

Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
Water (to help in mixing)
Sugar (for flavour)
Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)
87 posted on 12/16/2003 10:46:24 AM PST by PeyersPatches
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To: packrat35
OMG- You might owe me a new keyboard at work!!! My boss wanted to know what caused me to spit sweet tea all over the desk and I showed him your "ditty". Good thing he didn't have a mouth full of tea too....we're both laughing our butts off!!!!!

Yes I have a great job at a place where I can keep my FR window open and not have to worry. I listen to talk radio all day too...;^) Love my job!!
88 posted on 12/16/2003 11:20:48 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama
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To: PeyersPatches
"Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
Water (to help in mixing)
Sugar (for flavour)
Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)"



Right off the label on the can? You can't beat fried spam and scrambled eggs with a little Wolf Brand Chili on top!
89 posted on 12/17/2003 5:38:17 AM PST by FlyLow (What good does it do you to "win" a debate in an insane asylum?)
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To: FlyLow
Right off the label on the can? You can't beat fried spam and scrambled eggs with a little Wolf Brand Chili on top!



Right off the website! LOL

And don't forget the hot sauce! I have Spam in my cupboard, along side my spicy pork rinds.....my husband averts his eyes whenever he's rummaging for food! More for me! It's a miracle I don't weight 200+ pounds!
90 posted on 12/17/2003 7:58:21 AM PST by PeyersPatches
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To: FlyLow
Wow...Ms. Stahl is The Pig...
91 posted on 12/17/2003 8:04:32 AM PST by martin gibson
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To: FlyLow
My God, Leslie Stahl is demanding Hussein be protected from getting the flu? Hehehehehe.Everybody on sick call will spend the day interrogating Saddam. Now. ;-)
92 posted on 12/17/2003 8:09:23 AM PST by Wiser now
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To: Goreknowshowtocheat
"Do you suppose the Bush administration has Osama binLaden hidden away somewhere and will bring him out before the election?"

-Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Fox Green Room conversation with Morton Kondrake

No Maddie! you are an android I created and your self destruct date has arrived

93 posted on 12/17/2003 8:42:57 AM PST by Helms (Liberalism is a faux compassion that condescends at best and subjugates at worse)
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