Dumsfeld
What a country!
You have to admit, it's pretty impressive (?!) when the secretary of defense pushes for a strategy that disgusts the CIA (see Guatemala and Iran, 1954; the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1964; Chile, 1973; etc.).
But, that's the latest bombshell, according to distinguished journalist Seymour Hersh.
New Yorker is reporting that last year, Donald Rumsfeld signed off on a program called "Copper Green", which encouraged physical coercion and sexual humilitation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency against the U.S. occupation.
By last fall, this became too much for even the CIA, where senior intelligence officials thought it was being misused on the ordinary people populating the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison. (Of course, a great portion of the CIA's objections owed to the agency's fear the abuse of low-level prisoners in Abu Ghraib would undermine its ability to employ similar tactics against top terrorist targets in Afghanistan and elsewhere. So fear not, lest you thought the agency was developing a conscience -- or some semblance of humanity.) So last fall, the CIA pulled out of its use in Abu Ghraib. But the program proceeded under the military operators of the prison, with Rummy's blessing.
I'd like to point out this implicates Rumsfeld, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Gen. Richard Myers and, of course, Dubya in war crimes. This isn't a mere impeachable offense (like, say, lying about an office encounter with an intern). These are full-blown war crimes that merit all of the aforementioned officials (and undoubtedly many others) being thrown in the dock before the International Criminal Court -- or better still, the to-be-convened tribunal that will try Saddam Hussein for his crimes in Iraq.
Sadly, I know that'll never happen. The best we can hope for is that Rummy gets pushed out of office, and even that seems doubtful.
Too many hawks, not enough justice.
You have to admit, it's pretty impressive (?!) when the secretary of defense pushes for a strategy that disgusts the CIA (see Guatemala and Iran, 1954; the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1964; Chile, 1973; etc.).
But, that's the latest bombshell, according to distinguished journalist Seymour Hersh.
New Yorker is reporting that last year, Donald Rumsfeld signed off on a program called "Copper Green", which encouraged physical coercion and sexual humilitation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency against the U.S. occupation.
By last fall, this became too much for even the CIA, where senior intelligence officials thought it was being misused on the ordinary people populating the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison. (Of course, a great portion of the CIA's objections owed to the agency's fear the abuse of low-level prisoners in Abu Ghraib would undermine its ability to employ similar tactics against top terrorist targets in Afghanistan and elsewhere. So fear not, lest you thought the agency was developing a conscience -- or some semblance of humanity.) So last fall, the CIA pulled out of its use in Abu Ghraib. But the program proceeded under the military operators of the prison, with Rummy's blessing.
I'd like to point out this implicates Rumsfeld, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Gen. Richard Myers and, of course, Dubya in war crimes. This isn't a mere impeachable offense (like, say, lying about an office encounter with an intern). These are full-blown war crimes that merit all of the aforementioned officials (and undoubtedly many others) being thrown in the dock before the International Criminal Court -- or better still, the to-be-convened tribunal that will try Saddam Hussein for his crimes in Iraq.
Sadly, I know that'll never happen. The best we can hope for is that Rummy gets pushed out of office, and even that seems doubtful.
Too many hawks, not enough justice.
posted by Alexander Dubcek | 21:27
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