[FairfieldLife] Desperate Bush Admin Used Torture To Look For Iraq-Qaida Link

[do.rflex]

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on 
interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of 
cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 
regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former 
Army psychiatrist.

Such information would've provided a foundation for one of former President 
George W. Bush's main arguments for invading Iraq in 2003. In fact, no evidence 
has ever been found of operational ties between Osama bin Laden's terrorist 
network and Saddam's regime.

The use of abusive interrogation — widely considered torture — as part of 
Bush's quest for a rationale to invade Iraq came to light as the Senate issued 
a major report tracing the origin of the abuses and President Barack Obama 
opened the door to prosecuting former U.S. officials for approving them. 

~Full article here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/66622.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Desperate Bush Admin Used Torture To Look For Iraq-Qaida Link

[I am the eternal]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM, do.rflex  wrote:
>
>
> WASHINGTON — The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on 
> interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of 
> cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 
> regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former 
> Army psychiatrist.
>

What I find fascinating about this whole mess is that Cheney is now
Mr. Openness and some of The King's Men are wanting to justify to the
media how they saved the country from terrorists using torture.  I
read a lot of history and I don't remember a time since the Adamses
that previous administrations jumped into center stage trying to prove
they were right.  Or are they trying to prove that they shouldn't be
shipped off to Spain, the World Court or have Congress force the AG to
appoint a special prosecutor to look into the matter?  Hmm.  What's
Ken Starr doing this days?  And would Cheney have to be impeached or
could he just be tried in Federal District Court?




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