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[MIMIC]

Well color me shocked and awed. Who would have ever thought that Bush himself had a hand at the authorization of the illegal interrogation methods in Iraq?

(New York, December 21, 2004) U.S. President George W. Bush should fully explain why an FBI document suggests he authorized unlawful interrogation methods, Human Rights Watch said today. An e-mail to senior FBI officials released yesterday under a Freedom of Information Act request repeatedly referred to an Executive Order that permitted military interrogators in Iraq to place detainees in painful stress positions, impose sensory deprivation through the use of hoods, intimidate them with military dogs and use other coercive methods. "The FBI e-mail is not proof of a presidential order to commit unlawful acts, but it strongly suggests that U.S. interrogators thought they were acting with the president's approval," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "It's no longer enough for Bush to issue a simple denial. A real explanation is needed."

The e-mail was sent to senior members of the FBI on May 22, 2004, more than a year after the Pentagon reputedly disavowed the use of such interrogation methods at Guantanamo Bay. The e-mail makes 11 references to an Executive Order "signed by President Bush" that authorized these abusive interrogation methods. Since yesterday's publication of the document, various executive agencies have denied the existence of such an Executive Order, stating that the FBI agent made a mistake.

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Human Rights Watch called on the Bush administration to fully explain the "Executive Order" and to release publicly all documents pertaining to the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody. In addition, Human Rights Watch urged the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to hold hearings on this issue when the new Congress convenes in January.

Reuters Alert Net/Human Rights Watch

A May 22, 2004, e-mail, sent by an FBI agent in Iraq to senior FBI officials, referred repeatedly to what it said was an executive order signed by Bush, listing some of the methods the order authorized.

These included sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation by forcing detainees to wear hoods, the use of military dogs and stress positions such as forced squatting for an extended period, the e-mail stated.

A senior Bush administration official said, "The FBI agent was mistaken regarding the existence of an executive order on interrogation techniques. No such executive order exists or has ever existed. The Defense Department determines the methods of interrogation of military detainees in the Iraq conflict," said the official, who asked not to be named.

ABC News (this ABC link also has some crazy ass bullshit regarding how interrogators "impersonated FBI agents" in order to avoid accountability).

1. Did Bush sign off on an executive order authorizing illegal interrogation practices?

2. If Bush did NOT sign such an order, why do we have FBI agents who believe that such an order exists? What are the origins of this belief? How was this email replied to? If immediate replies to the email don't disavow the existence of the order, one would assume that the order does, in fact, exist.

3. Uh, regarding the impersonations: WTF?

 

[Drozmight]

I wouldn't put it past him.

 

[Incognito]

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=28522

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[MIMIC]

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=28522

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