Sunday, May 16

YOU MUST READ THIS...


I've read this four times now, linked from different posts, and since I was dumbfounded, speechless, and wasn't prepared to comment, neglected to post the link. Now I realize that it must be disseminated as widely as possible, so here it is: Rumsfeld approves secret interrogations operation in Iraq

The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America’s prospects in the war on terror.

You must read the whole article.

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