kallend 2,184 #1 September 25, 2008 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-interrogate25-2008sep25,0,1828234.story WASHINGTON -- Senior Bush administration officials held a series of meetings in the White House in 2002 and 2003 to discuss allowing the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods on Al Qaeda detainees, according to a written statement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently provided to Senate investigators. Rice's written response to investigators on the Senate Armed Services Committee marks the first time a high-ranking White House official has formally acknowledged the White House discussions, which led to the CIA's use of waterboarding and other coercive methods. ...... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #2 September 25, 2008 I wonder if the talks included allowing people to be bolied to death in former Soviet states on their behalf?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #3 September 25, 2008 QuoteI wonder if the talks included allowing people to be bolied to death in former Soviet states on their behalf? What? Please explain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #4 September 25, 2008 "In particular, Rice wrote in the Sept. 12 statement that officials discussed simulated torture techniques that elite U.S. soldiers were subjected to as part of a survival training program, and that she and other officials were told that such methods "had been deemed not to cause significant physical or psychological harm."" The subject line is somewhat misleading. They were talking about what methods would be acceptable and "simulated torture" that our own troops experience seemed like a possible solution. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #5 September 25, 2008 QuoteThey were talking about what methods would be acceptable and "simulated torture" that our own troops experience, knowing full well that they are part of the training, and not performed by a real enemy, seemed like a possible solution. Fixed that for you.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #6 September 25, 2008 QuoteQuoteThey were talking about what methods would be acceptable and "simulated torture" that our own troops experience, knowing full well that they are part of the training, and not performed by a real enemy, seemed like a possible solution. Fixed that for you. True. That doesn't change the techniques, though. Just the psychological effect. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #7 September 25, 2008 QuoteQuoteI wonder if the talks included allowing people to be bolied to death in former Soviet states on their behalf? What? Please explain. In rendition people have been sent for "Robust interrogation to Uzbekistan where amoung other horrors they were boiled to death, Read this.. http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2008/09/evidence_of_kar.html and this http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2007/12/new_york_times_2.htmlWhen an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
