Rice assures NATO allies: U.S. does not allow torture
so, what are they going to do...? look her in the face and call her a liar...?
but, let's get real condi... saying it doesn't make it so... let's re-visit for a moment just a few key documents that are part of the torture trail of accountability... first is then-white house chief counsel alberto gonzales' memo to bush affirming bush's decision to waive the geneva conventions with regard to al qaeda/terrorist detainees...
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then there's the justice department memorandum to gonzales containing the opinion that bush's interrogation policies would not be violating the u.n. convention against torture as implemented by sections 2340-2340A of title 18 of the United States Code...
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as these and other high-level authorizations and memorandums of guidance trickled down the chain of command, they led directly to the interrogation techniques detailed by general ricardo sanchez in his memorandum of 14 september 2003 (which he denied writing while under oath in front of the senate armed services committee on 19 may 2004)... (read them in full here...)
the above references, all part of the public record thanks to the aclu and other watchdog organizations (many aclu documents available here), are merely a small sample of the chain of accountability that stretches from the lowest-ranking soldier right to the oval office... this business of saying the u.s. observes geneva, has respect for international law and doesn't use torture techniques is, plain and simple, 100% bullshit... Submit To Propeller
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European foreign ministers said Thursday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had assured the NATO allies that the United States does not allow torture of terrorist suspects and respects principles of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war.
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Rice "addressed the principles that guide United States policy with regards to respect for international law," Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht said.
Rice assured the U.S. allies "that at no time did the United States agree to inhumane acts or torture, that they have always respected the sovereignty of the states concerned and even if terrorists are not covered by the Geneva Conventions, they have still applied the principles governing those Geneva Conventions," de Gucht told Belgian RTBf radio network.
but, let's get real condi... saying it doesn't make it so... let's re-visit for a moment just a few key documents that are part of the torture trail of accountability... first is then-white house chief counsel alberto gonzales' memo to bush affirming bush's decision to waive the geneva conventions with regard to al qaeda/terrorist detainees...
(click on image for readable version)
then there's the justice department memorandum to gonzales containing the opinion that bush's interrogation policies would not be violating the u.n. convention against torture as implemented by sections 2340-2340A of title 18 of the United States Code...
(click on image for readable version)
as these and other high-level authorizations and memorandums of guidance trickled down the chain of command, they led directly to the interrogation techniques detailed by general ricardo sanchez in his memorandum of 14 september 2003 (which he denied writing while under oath in front of the senate armed services committee on 19 may 2004)... (read them in full here...)
the above references, all part of the public record thanks to the aclu and other watchdog organizations (many aclu documents available here), are merely a small sample of the chain of accountability that stretches from the lowest-ranking soldier right to the oval office... this business of saying the u.s. observes geneva, has respect for international law and doesn't use torture techniques is, plain and simple, 100% bullshit... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
12/08/2005
