Many of these forms of torture were outlawed by the USA for several reasons. They were outlawed EVEN THOUGH they had been used against our soldiers in capture by others.
The memo described ten techniques which the interrogators wanted to use:
"(1) attention grasp,
(2) walling,
(3) facial hold,
(4) facial slap (insult slap),
(5) cramped confinement,
(6) wall standing,
(7) stress positions,
(8) sleep deprivation,
(9) insects placed in a confinement box, and
(10) the waterboard.” Many of the techniques were, until then, generally considered illegal
This is the same dehumanizing used by soldiers in the field. The "Gook" Complex. This also confirms there was a lot of fear in the White House surrounding the events of September 11th and it reoccurring. There was no reflection about the fact the CIA has prepared a PDB foretelling the dangers that lay in wait for the USA sometime in the next three months.
Imagine a minute if the Bush Administration had come forward with the PDB and stated it was overlooked. What would happened instead of this.
Now, either the decisions in the Bush Administration were in reflection or not of that PDB or the events that followed were to accomplish an agenda or not. No one ever states to Bush or Cheney, "Look this is a copy of the redacted PDB you received that was redacted. What were you thinking when this was presented and why didn't you act on it?" It never happens. No one ever approaches the former administration and states, you guys dropped the ball and all the events afterward was continued incompetency.
July 13, 2009
The memo described ten techniques which the interrogators wanted to use:
"(1) attention grasp,
(2) walling,
(3) facial hold,
(4) facial slap (insult slap),
(5) cramped confinement,
(6) wall standing,
(7) stress positions,
(8) sleep deprivation,
(9) insects placed in a confinement box, and
(10) the waterboard.” Many of the techniques were, until then, generally considered illegal
This is the same dehumanizing used by soldiers in the field. The "Gook" Complex. This also confirms there was a lot of fear in the White House surrounding the events of September 11th and it reoccurring. There was no reflection about the fact the CIA has prepared a PDB foretelling the dangers that lay in wait for the USA sometime in the next three months.
Imagine a minute if the Bush Administration had come forward with the PDB and stated it was overlooked. What would happened instead of this.
Now, either the decisions in the Bush Administration were in reflection or not of that PDB or the events that followed were to accomplish an agenda or not. No one ever states to Bush or Cheney, "Look this is a copy of the redacted PDB you received that was redacted. What were you thinking when this was presented and why didn't you act on it?" It never happens. No one ever approaches the former administration and states, you guys dropped the ball and all the events afterward was continued incompetency.
July 13, 2009
...A former CIA agent (click here) has told the BBC that Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded by the CIA in May or June 2002.
The date was provided by former CIA agent John Kiriakou. The practice was sanctioned in written memos by Bush administration lawyers in August 2002.
The CIA says waterboarding did not take place before August 2002.
Officials have refused to tell the BBC when it did occur....
This is all an elaborate form of distraction and retaliation to prevent the country from focusing on the truth. Senator Feinstein had come out on September 12, 2001 to state on the Senate floor the events of the day before were foretold by the CIA and nothing was done about it and in fact, Mr. Cheney stated they would not get to it until about six months from now.
The Bush White House allowed the events of September 11th to unfold without ever attempting to prevent it.
It is obvious the Bush White House didn't trust the CIA and railroaded them into taking measures that were illegal according to the laws of this country. The only reason this even an issue today is because of the old excuse these measures were necessary to protect the country. That is a lie. Bush and Cheney didn't trust the CIA or any other intelligence agency. These harsh techniques or torture techniques or Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, however the verbiage is preferred, were implemented by the Executive Offices of the USA because they were already paranoid about the fact the PDB existed and they ignored it.'
There was no leadership in the Bush White House, there was always political posturing and propaganda to divert attention from the truth.
