02-08-2008, 02:02 AM
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Observer
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Bizarro Bushworld
Age: 58
Posts: 68
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Originally Posted by Rebellion
When did waterboarding enter the press? I don't think the administration is great at communicating, but that said, do you really think it would have ended the controversy?
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Anyone who's been paying-attention knows the Bush Admin endorsed torture, as soon as they were able.
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March 12, 2002
The US has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of al-Qaida connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal, according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources. Prisoners moved to such countries as Egypt and Jordan can be subjected to torture and threats to their families to extract information sought by the US in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The normal extradition procedures have been bypassed in the transportation of dozens of prisoners suspected of terrorist connections, according to a report in the Washington Post. The suspects have been taken to countries where the CIA has close ties with the local intelligence services and where torture is permitted.
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January 31st, 2003
Says "an official who has supervised the capture and transfer of accused terrorists, 'If you don't violate someone's human rights some of the time, you probably aren't doing your job.' " Another official is quoted: "We don't kick the [expletive] out of them. We send them to other countries so they can kick the [expletive] out of them."
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