More than 100,000 pages were finally released under the Freedom of Information act and the result is the book Administration of Torture . In this book General Micheal Dunlavery reports that President Bush gave him "marching orders" to have the Pentagon approve harsher interrogation methods for use at Guantanamo.
The book sources an Army investigator reporting that Rumsfeld was "personally involved" in overseeing the interrogation of a Guantanamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani. The prisoner was forced to parade naked in front of female interrogators wearing women's underwear on his head and was led around on a leash while being forced to perform dog tricks.
“It is imperative that senior officials who authorized, endorsed, or tolerated the abuse and torture of prisoners be held accountable not only as a matter of elemental justice, but to ensure that the same crimes are not perpetrated again.”--Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh
I wonder if the Democratic Congress is going to continue to do nothing but give us lip service now that the torture has been traced all the way to Rumsfeld and Bush. Wouldn't it be wonderful if someone would at least start the impeachment hearings. If these were started it would be difficult (if not impossible) for Bush and Cheney to invade Iran and/or impose martial law in the United States.
If our Congress continues to refuse to act maybe the World Court will mete out the justice that is necessary to restore some balance of power in our world...and maybe some in Congress will also be held to account.....
Buzz...Buzz....
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This is an outrage! "President" Bush lying through his teeth. He knows perfectly well that we torture. Is he rationalizing? How else can he face the cameras and flat out lie?
Impeach Cheney and Bush!
The same way he faced the cameras and lied through his teeth when he promised that anyone in his administration who revealed the identity of an undercover CIA agent--Valerie Plame--would no longer work for his administration....The same way he faced the cameras and lied us into an illegal invasion of Iraq....The same way he is facing the cameras and trying to lie us into another illegal invasion of Iran.
Maybe the real question is this....Does Bush ever speak truth?
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