Duncal hunter, we wouldn't have to be teaching our kids how to withstand

Raven

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Mon Aug-31-09 06:41 PM
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Duncal hunter, we wouldn't have to be teaching our kids how to withstand

Edited on Mon Aug-31-09 06:42 PM by Raven

waterboarding and other torture methods if we as a country had set any example and dishonored such appauling methods. But we didn't, your President condoned them, encouraged them, used them, gloried in them and now our children are paying the price. Your performance tonight was beyond disgraceful. I just don;t understand how a human being can wander so far from decency and then try to lead the rest of us down that disgraceful path. THAT IS WHAT REP> WASSERMAN SHOULD HAVE SAID...if Tweety could have stopped chuckeling and controlled that exchange. Not funny, Chris, not one bit!

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SoFlaJet

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Mon Aug-31-09 07:07 PM
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1. It was THE most ridiculous justification I've EVER heard

"since the troops are trained how to withstand torture, then it should be alright for US to torture". as if any soldier has to really worry about the waterboarding getting out of hand when his comrade is administering the technique. their hypocrisy knows no bounds. What if they found out in say 1999 that Clinton ordered people to do it to Somalians-what would they say then? Don't answer that-we already know.

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Mist

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Mon Aug-31-09 07:16 PM
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2. They're desperate to rationalize torture with any argument, no matter how insane. nt

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frylock

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Mon Aug-31-09 09:43 PM
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3. that's what i have as congressional representation right there..

makes me so proud.

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merh

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Mon Aug-31-09 10:12 PM
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4. Duncan Hunter is ill informed.

The OIG reported that the interrogators went beyond SERE techniques and the "legal opinion" the bush admin asses had prepared to "excuse" torture.

OIG�s review of the videotapes revealed that the waterboard technique employed at was different from the technique as described in the DoJ opinion and used in the SERE training. The difference was in the manner in which the detainee�s breathing was obstructed. At the SERE School and in the DoJ opinion, the subject�s airflow is disrupted by the firm application of a damp cloth over the air passages; the interrogator applies a small amount of water to the cloth in a controlled manner. By contest, the Agency interrogator continuously applied large volumes of water to a cloth that covered the detainee�s mouth and nose. One of the psychologists/interrogators acknowledged that the Agency�s use of the technique differed from that used in SERE training and explained that the Agency�s technique is different because it is �for real� and is more poignant and convincing.

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