Mr. Shaman
02-08-2005, 06:15 PM
"Mr. Scheuer said the operation was authorised at the highest levels of the CIA and the White House and was approved by their lawyers.
The former CIA officer acknowledged that some of the suspects sent to places such as Egypt could then be tortured.
But he said: "It wouldn't be us torturing them and I think there is a lot of Hollywood involved with our portrayal of torture in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
"Human rights is a very flexible concept... It depends how hypocritical you want to be on a particular day. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4246089.stm)" <Gee.......hypocrisy as a foreign-policy tactic. How civilized.>
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Whatta shame no one knew, earlier....huh?
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March 2002 - US sends suspects to face torture (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,665939,00.html)
January, 2003 - The American Way of Torture (http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0306,hentoff,41599,6.html)
The former CIA officer acknowledged that some of the suspects sent to places such as Egypt could then be tortured.
But he said: "It wouldn't be us torturing them and I think there is a lot of Hollywood involved with our portrayal of torture in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
"Human rights is a very flexible concept... It depends how hypocritical you want to be on a particular day. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4246089.stm)" <Gee.......hypocrisy as a foreign-policy tactic. How civilized.>
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Whatta shame no one knew, earlier....huh?
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March 2002 - US sends suspects to face torture (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,665939,00.html)
January, 2003 - The American Way of Torture (http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0306,hentoff,41599,6.html)