No One Accounting for Accountability
Well, except the ACLU I guess but where is the rage from the rest of the country? The latest ACLU expose facilitated by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) noted:
A memo signed by Lieutenant General Ricardo A. Sanchez authorizing 29 interrogation techniques, including 12 which far exceeded limits established by the Army’s own Field Manual...So far, only those in the field are facing the consequences. In looking up info for this post, I came across this posting. What resonated the most was the first comment by misanthrope112 posted after the op-ed writeup.
"General Sanchez authorized interrogation techniques that were in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and the Army’s own standards," said ACLU attorney Amrit Singh. "He and other high-ranking officials who bear responsibility for the widespread abuse of detainees must be held accountable."
[Update 5:50 pm - Thanks for the info BrooklynKat]
The ACLU is asking Attorney General Alberto "Not So Speedy" Gonzalez to pursue perjury charges against General Sanchez. A rather lengthy transcript of his sworn testimony before a Senate Armed Services Committee is at the bottom of the page as well as here. Of note:
[Senator] REED: ... General Sanchez, today's USA Today, sir, reported that you ordered or approved the use of sleep deprivation, intimidation by guard dogs, excessive noise and inducing fear as an interrogation method for a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison ... Is that correct?
SANCHEZ: Sir, that may be correct that it's in a news article, but I never approved any of those measures to be used within CJTF-7 at any time in the last year.
REED: Excuse me. Because I want to get back to this.
It may be correct that you ordered those methods used against a prisoner. Is that your answer?
SANCHEZ: No, sir, that's not what I said. I said it may be correct...
REED: Well, I didn't hear; that's why I want...
SANCHEZ: ... that it's printed in an article, but I have never approved the use of any of those methods within CJTF-7 in the 12.5 months that I've been in Iraq.
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1 Comments:
if the prisonres were NOT officially sactioned by a government...the they (the prisoners) are NOT covered under the Geneva convention...
and by the way.... the so called "torture" endured at abu garab(i know i spelled that wrong I apologize) prison...is usually concidered "hazing" at any major American college or university.
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