Posted on 01/16/2009 11:47:05 PM PST by FocusNexus
Susan Crawford, the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commision, has refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
"We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani," Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution.
Military prosecutors have accused al-Qahtani of helping to plan the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and believe he may have sought to participate, possibly as the "20th hijacker."
The United States had been seeking the death penalty against al-Qahtani and five other men in connection with the 9/11 attacks. Crawford approved charges against the other five.
Crawford, who studied interrogation and other military records, said al-Qahtani was forced to stand naked in front of a female agent, threatened with a military dog named Zeus, "forced to wear a woman's bra and had a thong placed on his head" during questioning, and "was told that his mother and sister were whores," the newspaper reported.
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I heard they flew in Boy George for the really rough stuff.
That would be light for fraternity pledge hazing. Crawford would seem a total moron who hasn’t the ability to even begin to see the big picture.
If American lives are on the line I would pull off the fingernails of some terrorist with pliers if that is what it took to extract the information I needed. This is war not some European “feel good” game. People live and die based on these decisions and they better damn well make the right ones.
This squirrel-brained nutjob is torturing ME. Am I still on the planet Earth? This is way beyond the twilight zone. Like being transported into the mind of Jane Fonda or some unbearably bizarre place where common sense is against the law.
So?
Perhaps some judges should also receive the "legal definition of torture."
Memo to Susan Crawford:
When you find fingernails pulled off of detainees, give me a call. Until then, sit down and shut up.
“forced to wear a woman’s bra and had a thong placed on his head”
sounds like a regular night in any college dorm
That is some tough stuff, did he get into the fraternity in the end? LOL
It is so disgusting to see the far left trying to generate sympathy for these terrorists.
The methods alleged used to interrogate this enemy would seem to be classified information- the exact kind of information that should not be publicized.
Ms. Crawford and CNN , it would seem, are aiding the enemy by helping them prepare their current operatives- as well as giving them ammunition in the propaganda aspect of the conflict.
Through in a bathtub full of Jungle Juice and it’s a Saturday night at Tulane.
My heart just breaks for poor Mohammed.
Guys pay good money for that at The Bunny Ranch.
President Bush says susan is lying.
LLS
The interrogation log is found here:
http://ccrjustice.org/files/Publication_AlQahtaniLog.pdf
He was uncooperative from the start, constantly refusing food and water. The naked-in-front-of-females is found at Dec. 20, 2002 at 22:00 hours. I didn’t bother searching for the thong or bra incidents. His vital signs were monitored constantly. He was subjected to a lot of sleep deprivation but he also caused a lot of his own discomfort by refusing food and water.
If you ask me, it sounds like a high-end dinner party in San Francisco or Hollywood.
Using the CNN definition of the term, I would be truly disappointed if this was the only “torture” that was conducted by the Bush administration.
The terrorists are trained to claim torture, true or not.
You know, I would like to hear Mccain’s take on this torture. I’ll bet he would have jumped at the chance to be tortured like that in Viet Nam.
Sounds like they're getting closer to the Grey_Whiskers Interrogation MethodTM:
Interrogator: We don't wish to hurt you, but we must take extreme measures to get information from you.
Detainee: (spits) You'll get nothing from *me*, infidel.
Interrogator: We have some *used* women's underwear. We are going to ask you some questions, first. Depending on your answers, we are going to put the panties on your head.
Detainee: I am not afraid!
Interrogator: Ah, but the choice is not whether you have the underwear on your head or not. You will do that anywway. Did I tell you we have two sets of underwear?
Detainee: I fear nothing, infidel swine!
Interrogator: If you cooperate with us, you will wear these panties. Heidi Klum wore them.
But if you do not cooperate...
HELEN THOMAS!!!!!
Detainee: (sings like a canary)
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