Bush officials defend physical abuse described in memos released by Obama »
Posted By berkeley 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Senior members of the Bush administration today defended the physical abuse of prisoners by CIA operatives at Guantánamo and elsewhere round the world set out in graphic detail in secret memos released by president Barack Obama .
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Beau78908 months, 1 week ago
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"The Bush administration lawyers argued in the memos that the techniques did not amount to torture because no serious psychological or physical harm was done."
If that's true, then they should have no objection to the release of the memos. In fact, if the arguments in the memos are above board, then there's really no reason to have classified them in the first place.-
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Daylight8 months, 1 week ago
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The secret memos should be released to the world to see how the Bush administration behaved in the name of Democracy. Third world countries are better than America in dealing with criminals or terrorists. If you really mean that in God you trust then release the memos and then punish everyone of them who involved in this ugly crimes.
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