Intel Agent Strapped to Gurney, Flown Out of Iraq After Reporting Torture

[G_j]

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

* Intel Agent Strapped to Gurney and Flown Out of Iraq by U.S. Army
After Reporting Torture of Detainees *

A veteran sergeant who told his commanding officers that he witnessed
his colleagues torturing Iraqi detainees was strapped to a gurney and
flown out of Iraq - even though there was nothing wrong with him. We
speak with the reporter - former U.S. former U.S. Army
counterintelligence agent David DeBatto - who broke the story.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/09/1516228

[SheepyMcSheepster]

1. wow

[spanone]

2. I get it, it's news but you gotta pay to read it? No thanks.

[bullimiami]

4. nope you are confused.

just download the mp3 version and listen to it or watch the video stream.

[Sporadicus]

3. A Common Military Tactic for Dealing with Whistleblowers & Malcontents

is to ship the 'offender' to a psychiatric ward, where they can be medicated into stupefaction indefinitely. An initial Google search didn't turn up any specific instances, but I have read that the military uses this method to effectively silence dissent or witnesses to atrocity. As the orderly told McMurphy in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'...'you're with us, and you're STAYING with us!'

[TolstoyAndy]

5. also common Soviet tactic

if you disagree with the prevailing meme, you must be insane!

[Squeech]

6. This is why

they keep Condi around. As an expert on the Soviet Union, she knows all their old propaganda and attitude maintenance techniques.

[donsu]

7. you can read the article here

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/12/08/coverup/

(I watched 7 pages of ads at salon to get this, poopee)


excerpt from article:

A witness, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Marciello, claims that Artiga became enraged when he read the initial medical report finding nothing wrong with Ford and intimidated the psychiatrist into changing it. According to Marciello, Artiga angrily told the psychiatrist that it was a "C.I. or M.I. matter" and insisted that she had to change her report and get Ford out of Iraq.

-snip-

Ford, who has since left the military, claims that his superiors shipped him out of the country to prevent him from exposing the abusive behavior. "They were determined to protect their own asses no matter who they had to take down," he says.
-snip-
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[SmokingJacket]

11. Great article. Important read. n/t

[BeHereNow]

8. They eat their own...

I heard this report today on DN and I could not believe it!
What is really remarkable to ponder is the fact that the
people who strapped him down and shipped him off
agreed to follow the order to do so.
THAT is unbelievable...and reminds me of the nazi excuse,
"We were just following orders..."
bhn

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Hoo-boy!

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[LifeDuringWartime]

10. wow

how was this story broke?

[G_j]

12. transcript:

the transcript is now on line:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/09/1516228

[Karenina]

13. Whaddya mean "nothing wrong with him?"

The guy obviously hates Amurikkka!! SEDATE HIM!!