Posted on 08/24/2009 1:47:55 PM PDT by TexasCajun
Early in Saturday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Jeff Glor reported: "Tonight there are new allegations of torture by the CIA. Newsweek magazine is reporting that a secret 2004 report reveals that interrogators used mock executions to intimidate prisoners."
Glor went on to talk to Newsweek reporter Mark Hosenball, who claimed: "And in the case of one detainee that we know about, somebody named Abdel-Rahman al Nashiri, who was an alleged architect of the USS Cole bombing, this report alleges that at some point CIA interrogators, whether contractors or CIA staff officers, brandished a gun in front of this guy in an effort to frighten him and also took a power drill in front of him and turn turned it on and went ‘bzzz,’ implying therefore that they were going to use it on him."
Meanwhile, neither the Saturday nor Friday Evening News programs made any mention of reports that ACLU attorneys defending Guantanamo detainees illegally showed terror suspects photos of CIA personnel in an effort to implicate interrogators in acts of torture.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
ACLU working with military defense lawyers!
The way to counter is “It will be fun when we get the Joker and his crime family on trial”.
Oh my what bad people we are! We are dealing with murderous barbarians who saw the heads off captives with dull sabers, rape and murder children, and our government propaganda machine is in a tizzy because some of our defenders were playing head games with some of guys who directed these barbarian thugs?
15% Unemployment, a stagnant economy, and THIS SILLY CRAP is what our Political-Media oligarchy thinks they need to be focusing on?
God save the Republic!
A very stupid distraction. This is going to remind tons of voters why they simply cannot trust the Democrat Party with any power at any level any where. To the average blue collar guy this is a “WTF are they drinkin’” story.
TREASON pure and simple. We need a hanging tree!
So a gun was shown and not used... then a drill was shown and not used... then what was shown next and NOT used to make this terrorist laugh??
And next week there will be a few more allegations about the Bush Administration. And the week after that, new claims of how all current economic problems are the fault of the George Bush. And then, some deeply distubing reports about Dick Cheney. And Haliburton the week after that.....
In the mean time, doesn't the Obama family just look lovely, frolicking on the beach in Martha Vineyard...
Stay focused on the objective, save America it's all that matters to me.
The Joker is so transparent.
Someone posted his own words regarding protecting these interrogators.
Let me find that Obamah quote.
To the Men and Women of CIA:
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the work you are doing for the country. Your work has informed every President dating back to President Truman and it protects our people. I have come to rely on your service and I believe strongly that it is vital to the security of our country. Given the threats, challenges, and opportunities facing America, the CIA remains as critical today as it has ever been to our Nation’s security. While necessity requires that the country may not know all of your names or the work that you do, all of us enjoy the freedom that you have helped secure.
I also wanted to share with you a decision that I made last night. Later today, the Department of Justice will release certain memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel between 2002 and 2005. I did not make this decision lightly. As you may know, the release is part of an ongoing court case. I have fought for the principle that the United States must carry out covert activities and hold information that is classified for the purposes of national security and will do so again in the future. But the release of these memos is required by our commitment to the rule of law.
Much of the information contained in the memos has been in the public domain, and the previous Administration has acknowledged portions of the program – and some of the practices – associated with them. My judgment on this is a matter of record. I have prohibited the use of these interrogation techniques, and I reject the false choice between our security and our ideals.
In releasing these memos, the men and women of the CIA have assurances from both myself, and from Attorney General Holder, that we will protect all who acted reasonably and relied upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that their actions were lawful. The Attorney General has assured me that these individuals will not be prosecuted and that the Government will stand by them.
The men and women of our intelligence community serve courageously on the front lines of a dangerous world. Their accomplishments are unsung and their names unknown, but because of their sacrifices, every single American is safer. They need to be fully confident that as they defend the Nation, I will defend them. We will protect their identities as vigilantly as they protect our security.
This is a time for reflection, not retribution. We have been through a dark and painful chapter in our history. But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past. The national greatness that you so courageously and capably uphold is embedded in America’s ability to right its course in concert with our core values, and to move forward with confidence.
It is a core American value that we are a Nation of laws, and the CIA protects and upholds that principle under extraordinarily difficult circumstances every day. My Administration will always act in accordance with the law, and with an unshakeable commitment to our ideals. That is why we have released these memos, and that is why we have taken steps to ensure that the actions described within them never take place again.
Thank you for your service, and God bless the work that you do.
Sincerely, Barack Obama
IMO, perhaps holding real executions would have been much better. Tearing out their fingernails wouldn’t have been cruel enough IMO. Here we go again with the UnAmerican idiots in this country tearing the U.S. down.
CBS....Nothing has changed since 1950....CBS never saw an enemy of the U.S. it didn’t love!
Unfortunately Barry the pretender and his Administrations ideals are not America's ideals. Keep in mind Obozo that 889 days from today you may be facing prosecution for your crimes.
A few more months and whoops! under the bus they go.
The Far Lefty piece of the crowd. Unfortunately it’s going to brown off everyone else from Mid Lefty rightward.
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