Rep. Jan Schakowsky: A Response to Hayden and Mukasey »
Posted By Beau7890 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political NewsNo timid wimp is former CIA Director Michael Hayden. And he's not reluctant to tell you so. You can find out what a tough guy he really is by reading his opinion piece , written with former Attorney General Michael "Not sure waterboarding is torture" Mukasey in the April 17 Wall Street Journal , defending the use of torture and objecting to the release of the nightmarish memos. We're talking here about "walling", (repeatedly smashing a detainee against a wall), stress positions (hanging a person from the ceiling with feet barely touching the floor -- including a one legged man), sleep deprivation for as long as 11 days, cramped confinement (put in a casket-sized box or smaller -- insects optional), and that medieval favorite, waterboarding.
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Progressive6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Hayden and Mukasey claim that critical information regarding terrorists and their attacks were derived from use of these "enhanced techniques" and suggest that anyone on the Congressional committees who heard Hayden's briefings could not conclude otherwise. As one of those who was privy to those briefings, I saw no empirical evidence to prove that assertion. Video tapes that were made of the interrogations have been destroyed. It is public knowledge that the interrogators administering the harshest techniques, pleaded to headquarters to stop, saying that Abu Zubaydah had nothing more to offer. Headquarters said no. -
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Progressive6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Here's another response to Hayden and Mukasey:
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Endoscopy6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Gee a liberal with amnesia. Congress approved the methods used with only one person objecting. My bet is on McCain. The rest agreed or asked if tougher methods should be used.
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This is a liberal rant from an office that approved of these things. Why the amnesia.-
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Beau78906 months, 2 weeks ago
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This particular article is an opinion piece written by a congresswoman who did not approve of any of the methods in the torture memos.
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More than one person in Congress objected to torture--in fact, most didn't even know about it. These issues were only discussed with select committees--not every member of Congress was even aware they existed, and they weren't brought to a floor vote. I don't know where you get so much wrong information, unless you're just making it up.
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