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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 09:25 AM
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Army policy bans private interrogators
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Army%20Private%20Interrogators

WASHINGTON -- The Army hired private interrogators to work in Iraq and Afghanistan despite the service's policy of barring contractors from military intelligence jobs such as interrogating prisoners.

A policy memo from December 2000 says letting private workers gather military intelligence would jeopardize national security.

Some of the dozens of private contractors hired to interrogate prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan are under investigation in connection with abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad and other prisons. Army investigators are looking into whether the contracts were awarded properly.

The Abu Ghraib case also stirred criticism from some Democrats that the Pentagon was relying too heavily on private contractors, even for military functions such as collecting intelligence.

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Torgo4 Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 09:36 AM
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1. 2000? That was sooooo 4 years ago!
...And under that pussy Clinton.

Thank Gravity we have a "real" Furher-In-Chief that takes charge!!!

Maybe we should re-name Abu-Graib: Bush-Buchenwald Bergen-Belsen!!!

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 10:14 AM
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2. I'd call it "Bushwitz" ...
... and put up a sign saying "Get your arbeit-macht-freidoms here."
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reprobate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 11:47 AM
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3. How about "Bushenwald"?
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 12:38 PM
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5. That works ... except for the motto above the gate.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 11:51 AM
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4. Well, the Bushistas wanted to overturn ALL of Clinton's policies:

so if Clinton opposed "jeopardizing national security" ...
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 01:03 AM
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6. kick
:kick:
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