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Harsh interrogation techniques on terror detainees after the 9 11 attacks. That amounted to torture. I think in the midst of a national trauma, and uncertainty as to whether the attacks were going to repeat themselves, whats clear is that the c. I. A. Set up something very fast, without a lot of forethought to what the ramifications might be. The president was responding to Senate IntelligenceCommittee Chair, Dianne Feinsteins damning report on c. I. A. Interrogations. That said detainees were waterboarded, kept in dungeon conditions while others were naked, hooded and dragged, slapped and punched. The report said the agency misled the Bush Administration about the program and no c. I. A. Officer up to and including c. I. A. Directors briefed the pres ....
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As Guantanamo inches toward closure, the story of Saifullah Paracha and his son Uzair tells us much about the contradictions of U.S. policy during the global war on terror. Their intertwined stories undercut the notion that Guantanamo was or ever could be a legal system separate and apart from the federal courts. ....
For us to face up to the fact that when countries are threatened, oftentimes they act rashly in ways that in retrospect were wrong. now the president obama is saying that there were clearly wrongs done here. do you think that there will ever be prosecutions? no, i don t think so. america rarely holds its officials responsible. in fact the maximum responsibility that s placed is publicity about what people did. if this report had come out in 2009, when president obama was suggesting that officials be held responsible, it might have had an impact. but the c.i.a. was allowed to slow-road it for five years and now it s really an historical document more than an action document. mr. remes, are you comfortable that if your clients were released from guantanamo, they would go back to the bat snl. i don t believe they were in ....