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"Harry Hope" |
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21 Sep 2006 07:29:43 AM |
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CIA disobeyed Bush cabal and refused to operate secret jails |
From The Financial Times, 9/20/06:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/57e68ed8-48da-11db-a996-0000779e2340.html
CIA ‘refused to operate’ secret jails
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer
terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo
this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out
further interrogations and run the secret facilities, according to
former CIA officials and people close to the programme.
The former officials said the CIA interrogators’ refusal was a factor
in forcing the Bush administration to act earlier than it might have
wished.
When Mr Bush announced the suspension of the secret prison programme
in a speech before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terror
attacks, some analysts thought he was trying to gain political
momentum before the November midterm congressional elections.
The administration publicly explained its decision in light of the
legal uncertainty surrounding permissible interrogation techniques
following the June Supreme Court ruling that all terrorist suspects in
detention were entitled to protection under Common Article Three of
the Geneva Conventions.
But the former CIA officials said Mr Bush’s hand was forced because
interrogators had refused to continue their work until the legal
situation was clarified because they were concerned they could be
prosecuted for using illegal techniques.
One intelligence source also said the CIA had refused to keep the
secret prisons going.
Senior officials and Mr Bush himself have come close to admitting this
by saying CIA interrogators sought legal clarity.
But no official has confirmed on the record how and when the secret
programme actually came to an end.
John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, who was
interviewed by Fox News on Sunday, said in response to a question of
whether CIA interrogators had refused to work:
"I think the way I would answer you in regard to that question is that
there’s been precious little activity of that kind for a number of
months now, and certainly since the Supreme Court decision."
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CIA folks aren't fools. They can see the legal traps and they ain't
gonna get snared.
Harry
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| User: "Tag Heuer" |
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| Title: Re: CIA disobeyed Bush cabal and refused to operate secret jails |
21 Sep 2006 10:17:39 AM |
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:29:43 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
From The Financial Times, 9/20/06:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/57e68ed8-48da-11db-a996-0000779e2340.html
CIA ‘refused to operate’ secret jails
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer
terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo
this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out
further interrogations and run the secret facilities, according to
former CIA officials and people close to the programme.
The former officials said the CIA interrogators’ refusal was a factor
in forcing the Bush administration to act earlier than it might have
wished.
When Mr Bush announced the suspension of the secret prison programme
in a speech before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terror
attacks, some analysts thought he was trying to gain political
momentum before the November midterm congressional elections.
The administration publicly explained its decision in light of the
legal uncertainty surrounding permissible interrogation techniques
following the June Supreme Court ruling that all terrorist suspects in
detention were entitled to protection under Common Article Three of
the Geneva Conventions.
But the former CIA officials said Mr Bush’s hand was forced because
interrogators had refused to continue their work until the legal
situation was clarified because they were concerned they could be
prosecuted for using illegal techniques.
" . . . .That's a statement that is wide open to interpretation. And
what I'm proposing is that there be clarity in the law so that our
professionals will have no doubt that that which they are doing is
legal. You know, it's -- and so the piece of legislation I sent up
there provides our professionals that which is needed to go forward .
.. . . In other words, it is a way to bring U.S. law into play. It
provides more clarity for our professionals. And that's what these
people expect. These are decent citizens who don't want to break the
law . . . . I believe Americans want us to protect the country, to
have clear standards for our law enforcement intelligence officers,
and give them the tools necessary to protect us within the law.
" --- George W. Bush, Roast Garden, September 15, 2006
Ah.
One intelligence source also said the CIA had refused to keep the
secret prisons going.
Senior officials and Mr Bush himself have come close to admitting this
by saying CIA interrogators sought legal clarity.
But no official has confirmed on the record how and when the secret
programme actually came to an end.
John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, who was
interviewed by Fox News on Sunday, said in response to a question of
whether CIA interrogators had refused to work:
"I think the way I would answer you in regard to that question is that
there’s been precious little activity of that kind for a number of
months now, and certainly since the Supreme Court decision."
_______________________________________________________
CIA folks aren't fools. They can see the legal traps and they ain't
gonna get snared.
Harry
Yes. All anyone would have do to is see how Bush & Co. threw former
CIA directory Tenet under the bus during, and well after the 9/11
Commission investigation.
" . . .I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the
trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the
most insidious, of traitors." --- George H. W. Bush, CIA Headquarters,
Langley, Virginia, April 26, 1999
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we." --- George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. August 5, 2004
"That's what --- in other words, they have a strategy. We understand
that. And we have a strategy. And part of the strategy is to call
free nations together to form a coalition, to share information and to
find people before they hurt." --- George W. Bush, Pentagon,
September 22, 2005
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