Seems the Pentagon and Defense Dept. aren't sharing the same opinion these
days. Now Rummie's defending the tactics while Gen. Myers says the rules
state that prisoners are to be treated humanely...
Some excerpts from this article ...
http://globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040512.wiraq0513_4/BNStory/International/
"Mr. Rumsfeld told a Senate committee that Pentagon lawyers had vetted and
approved the interrogation methods -including sleep deprivation, dietary
changes and forcing prisoners to assume stressful positions.
Appearing with him was General Richard Myers, the most senior uniformed
officer in the United States, who noted that the rules require prisoners to
be treated humanely at all times."
"Several Republican senators said new photos should be suppressed, saying
that releasing them would jeopardize American lives and put prosecutions at
risk.
'What we saw is appalling,' said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a
Republican. He said that they were 'consistent' with the photos that have
appeared so far but that they go farther than the images already public."
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