Posted on 04/17/2009 10:42:01 AM PDT by Schnucki
The White House has insisted that President Obama was reluctant to release documents detailing harsh CIA interrogation techniques that were kept secret by the Bush Administration.
Four memos published last night showed that terror suspects had been subjected to tactics that included being slammed against walls while wearing a special plastic neck collar, kept awake for up to 11 straight days, simulation drowning known as "waterboarding" and being placed in a dark, cramped box.
Senior officials explained that the President felt compelled to release the information because of a court case under the Freedom of Information act which ordered the Administration to reveal the treatment of prisoners interrogated by CIA agents.
Denis McDonough, the Deputy National Security Advisor, said: “The President believes that this court proceeding, a legal proceeding, required him to take this action.”
Nine additional documents were released by the Administration last month and more are expected to follow as a result of legal action taken by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“He would have preferred to not have spent the last month methodically working through this issue,” Mr McDonough told Fox News. “I think that he would have preferred to have to have moved beyond this. But the fact is there is a court case and the President believes that he, out of respect for transparency and the rule of law, had to take this step.”
The memos showed that the Justice Department also approved exploiting one detainee's fear of insects by putting caterpillars in the box with him. Others were kept naked and cold for long periods, denied food, shackled for prolonged periods or had their family threatened.
Many senior figures in the Obama Administration, as well as human rights groups, believe that such practices amount to torture.
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Yeah, and Julius Caesar refused the throne three times, too.
Yeah, I bet he was reluctant. And this guy calls himself “patriotic” and an American.
Of some interest. Were Americans trained in this capability or did we have to outsource it?
Where is the memo?
Yeah, he’s reluctant to release anything that will weaken the nation before it’s enemies, but ever so eager to release proof that he’s an American citizen.
If you believe Our Dear Leader, you might be interested in a bridge in Cleveland that I’m lookin’ to sell!
Geez, we are supposed to believe this?
He didn’t bow, he didn’t ask that the medallion representing Jesus be removed..and he didn’t want to reveal our interrogation methods.
TOTUS is a bigger liar than bubba.
Lie. If he were reluctant, he’d err on the side of safety and not release them.
The truth is that he couldn’t wait to release them to shift attention to the horrors of the Bush years...
AND TO DETRACT FROM THE FACT THAT HE ORCHESTRATED THE RELEASE OF A MEMO FROM THE DHS ATTACKING CONSERVATIVES AND INTENDED TO SILENCE US AND MALIGN THE TEA PARTIES.
How convenient.
This is treason. Period.
This boy-child epitomizes Hypocrisy. And Rush is right: if (I personally think 'when') we get hit again, Obama will own this mistake lock, stock & barrell.
Oooh, maybe I shouldn't use a gun analogy. After all, guns are just so icky-poo.
Some MSM should do a survey:
If you were a POW, in which country would you rather be held?
Russia? China? Iran? Saudi Arabia? Venezuela? Cuba? US? UK?
Not looking for a bridge at the moment, but how about some oceanfront property?
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