----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 7:44 AM Subject: Re: Disturbing evidence of torture
> At 11:50 AM 4/30/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: > >1) How strong was the emphasis on getting information vs. keeping > >professional and humane standards? > > >From what I have gatherered, these incidents were not connected to serious > attempts to gain information. Rather, the Iraqi prisoners appear to have > been tortured for the sheer pleasure of it. > The reason I asked was that one of the alleged perps wrote about having great methods for getting information. I don't doubt that these folks were not professional interrogators, but I was wondering what the framework they were working in was. For example, did they get regular reinforcement helping them understand how bad a single example of torture by the US would be for their fellow soldiers? Also, what Gautam said just clicked with who the National Guard unit was. They had a lot of prison folks involved. If the US prisons are as bad as he says, and I have no reason to argue with him, they could take some very bad views of professionalism with them. This may very well not be far out of line from their regular habits. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
