Ugly business

(see post, Gen. Sanchez Approved Torture Techniques on September 14, 2003)

god, i wish this horrible stuff would be thoroughly investigated, put out for public viewing and the accountable people dealt with appropriately... however, i'm afraid it's going to keep on leaking out like this for years to come... neither lbj nor mcnamara had to face the music over the bombing of cambodia as they should have and that's probably the way this will pan out too...

Army intelligence officials in Iraq developed and circulated "wish lists" of harsh interrogation techniques they hoped to use on detainees in August 2003, including tactics such as low-voltage electrocution, blows with phone books and using dogs and snakes -- suggestions that some soldiers believed spawned abuse and illegal interrogations.

The discussions, which took place in e-mail messages between interrogators and Army officials in Baghdad, were used in part to develop the interrogation rules of engagement approved by Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, then commander of U.S. troops in Iraq. Two specific cases of abuse in Iraq occurred soon after.

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