CIA Director Hayden confirms names of torture/waterboarding victims

[malaise]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23012160/
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CIA Director Michael Hayden on Tuesday publicly confirmed for the first time the names of three suspected al-Qaida terrorists who were subjected to a particularly harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding, and why.

As for waterboarding, it was used on only three people more than five years ago. For the first time, he identified them in public — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Mohammed was the purported mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

They were subjected to waterboarding "because of the circumstances of the time — the belief that additional catastrophic attacks were imminent at a time when the U.S. had limited knowledge of how al-Qaida worked," Hayden.
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In other words TORTURE

Calling the prosecutors in The Hague - Bush and Cheney are guilty of crimes against humanity

Edit -headline

[L. Coyote]

1. That pretty much seals the impeachment case!

And, at the same time we believe the new fallback position/admission is the WHOLE STORY because...?????

[malaise]

3. I suspect someone else has a copy of that tape

or Hayden does not intend to go down with the criminals.

[L. Coyote]

6. All the non-committal silence and "Do not Recall" syndrome may mean they don't know

who has which copies yet!

Agent Mike is laughing his arse off these days :rofl:

[malaise]

7. Isn't that the truth

I'm just waiting for one work checkmate :rofl:

[madokie]

2. this will come back and bite the bushco right square in the arse, as it should

[malaise]

4. We can hope

One thing's for sure - Bush and Cheney have been exposed in yet another cover up. "We don't do torture" is another fugging lie.

Add.

[madokie]

5. that mountain can only get so high before something has to be done about it

theres no way they, damn here I am almost on my same ole tired speil about democracy and them two walking free. sorry
I just want my country back

[tekisui]

8. BIG NEWS DUMP ON SUPER PRIMARY.

Wake up, America, Our government just admitted that they

Torture.

Think about it a while.

[malaise]

10. Great spot n/t

[burythehatchet]

9. What won't be stated is that these people were tortured to

learn how much they knew about BushCo involvement. See also: Dead Arabian Princes.

[malaise]

11. And M$M will ignore this

We won't see a word on TV. They're not even carrying the market fall.

[DCKit]

12. Does anyone believe there were only three victims?

Or that, as they attempted to phrase it, waterboarding was only used on three occasions? Obviously, they feel pretty confident that there is no evidence of other incidents.

As usual, they are following the same tired script:

1) We don't torture.
2) We only torture as necessary and only a little bit.

They they get busted and the full disclosure is:

3) They deserved it and we need to protect Amurika at any cost. Anyone who says otherwise is an unpatriotic coward.

From what I understand, two incidents of waterboarding have led to permanent brain damage in two individuals, at least one of whom is now insane - from being tortured.

If we wait until waterboarding becomes a standard and accepted military/agency practice, domestic use isn't far behind and it will be too late. Search YouTube for the "Stark Strip Search" if you don't think we're approaching a complete breakdown of civil society.

[L. Coyote]

13. So, Bush is both a Liar and a War Criminal. Is that what the W is for?

Or is it for Waterboarding?

Must be, because War Criminal would be W.C. :rofl: