http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_05/003863.php
BROKEN PROCESS OR OFFICIAL POLICY?....Apparently everyone's been trying to
warn Bush and Rumsfeld about possible abuse of prisoners in Iraq for months
now. And not just the usual bleeding hearts:
David Kay: "I was there and I kept saying the interrogation process is
broken. The prison process is broken. And no one wanted to deal with it. It
was too, too distasteful. This is a known problem, and the military refuses
to deal with it."
Paul Bremer: "Bremer repeatedly raised the issue of prison conditions as
early as last fall - both in one-on-one meetings with Rumsfeld and other
administration leaders, and in group meetings with the president's inner
circle on national security. Officials described Bremer as 'kicking and
screaming' about the need to release thousands of uncharged prisoners and
improve conditions for those who remained."
Colin Powell: "According to eye witnesses to debate at the highest levels of
the Administration...whenever Powell or [Richard] Armitage sought to
question prisoner treatment issues, they were forced to endure what our
source characterizes as 'around the table, coarse, vulgar, frat-boy bully
remarks about what these tough guys would do if THEY ever got their hands on
prisoners....'"
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Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Socerey Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -768 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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