Posted on 11/15/2006 12:13:18 AM PST by Omega Man II
Document shows Bush guided CIA on detention
By David Johnston
The New York Times
The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including one signed by President George W. Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
The CIA disclosed the existence of the documents in a letter Friday sent from the agency's associate general counsel, John McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one document, as described by the ACLU, is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees."
The second document, according to the group is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top Al Qaeda members."
ACLU lawyers said they would now press for public disclosure of the contents of the documents
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I'm with you on this. The moonbats of the dem party will be disappointed, but it won't happen. President Bush and his administration will be beaten up, though, to look like the dems are doing something.
Who does the CIA work for again? What part of classified do they not understand?
I so agree with that statement. It's sad to say, but I guess losing "only" 3000 innocent Americans isn't enough. It'll have to be big and horrific, and even then they'd probably forget about it after 10 years.
Liberals are like dumb teenagers stuck in a time warp - they think they know it all, and the rest of us can't wait for them to grow up.
So as not to offend Mexican politicians and U.S. Hispanic voters and because illegal aliens represent profit to some sectors of the economy.
Impeachment, not conviction. That's their idea of "getting even".
Right, like when Ford was reelected...
[It'll have to be big and horrific, and even then they'd probably forget about it after 10 years.]
Unless the hijacked jetliner crashes into the Academy Awards Ceremony in Hollywood.
Hmmmm, now THERE'S an idea...
just kidding!
The second document, according to the group is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top Al Qaeda members."
This could be a problem if Bush authorized waterboarding in either of these memos. Things could nasty fast.
1. It is highly unlikely the President would not specify interrogation techniques in a memo.
2. "Waterboarding" is a psychological tool, not physical torture where pain is infllicted. At the time these memos were written, the technique was not even an issue and had not been addressed by Congress.
Noted & marked. I hope I'm wrong.
If the rats are indeed stupid enough to drag the nation through the meaningless spectacle of trying to impeach a lame duck President less than two years before the next election, then good - - maybe it will keep them out of real mischief. Like legislating.
The second document, according to the group is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top Al Qaeda members."
According to the article he did specify methods. Second, in 1901, a US court martial sentenced Major Edwin Glenn to 10 years hard labour for subjecting a suspected insurgent in the Philippines to the "water cure".
After the second world war, US military commissions successfully prosecuted as war criminals several Japanese soldiers who subjected US prisoners to waterboarding.
In 1968, a US army officer was court martialled for helping to waterboard a prisoner in Vietnam.
In April 2006, in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, more than 100 U.S. law professors stated unequivocally that waterboarding is torture, and is a criminal felony punishable under the U.S. federal criminal code.
Also the UCMJ specifically outlaws it. This could, at the very least, cause a very nasty court fight. Just pray he didn't listen to Gonzalez and authorize it in writing.
as described by the ACLU????
HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA /burp AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA ACLU HAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA
Excellent, President goes up in my estimation.
I should hope so, because he's the President.
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