[cryptome] CIA Torture Report. A Load of Crap
- From: doug <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:54:02 +0000
Dear Colleagues,
So says Rumsfield...and he should know. Actually I agree with him...The
torture report is a load of crap, some good and some bad. It has been
carefully censored, lots of redactions, and carefully tailored as an aid
to the Democrats winnng the coming Presidential election, under the
pretext of protecting national security: and revealing that the US,
unlike other countries admits its mistakes, and learns from them.
Be that as it may, like the POTUS I only wish his ambitions were true,
but I am a very naive type of person. I would like to know if Mr.
Rumsfield would be agreeable to all the bits what are missing to be
published, and what bits he thinks are crap. A statement on the
benefits of the programme would be helpful too, with of course
verifiable, objective evidence that these accomplishments were gathered
through torture. It is of course, highly unlikely he will do this,
after all it is better to keep the known unknowns...unknown, as it might
lead on to the unknown unknowns...becoming known.
Interestingly enough, he also says that President Bush knew all about
it. No plausible denial plea here then...unless of course Mr. Bush
can't remember.
The third thing he says, is that no one knows the problem they were up
against, and those who criticise are being naive. I agree but why did
the programme go on until 2006, long after 9/11? And...is the
observation that one does not know what one is up against, a
justification for carrying out torture and unlawful detention?
I am beginning to think that these guys believe too much the stories
which come out of the Hollywood Fantasy Factory. They come across as a
bunch of Godfathers practising their trade.
Another CIA director, intimates that the enhanced interrogation
techniques were not torture, and attempts to justify this by saying that
having ones finger and toenails forcibly removed is far worse, than
being waterboarded 187 times. Interesting concept. Perhaps he should do
a comparative study and get a degree in it.
ATB
Dougie.
P.S. I wonder what would have happened to the programme if the
Republicans had won the election? Not that I am against the Republicans
by any means. They are all a bunch of charlatans, from what I can see.
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