Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Cheney Lobbies for CIA Exemption to Torture Ban The New York Times is reporting Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Director Porter Goss met with Senator John McCain last week to urge him to back exempting CIA officers from a proposed Senate ban on torture. Three weeks ago the Senate voted 90 to 9 to ban the use of " cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment " of any detainee held by the government. Cheney reportedly said the CIA needed to be exempt because the president needs maximum flexibility in fighting the so-called war on terrorism. Tom Malinowski, of Human Rights Watch, responded to the news by saying " They are explicitly saying, for the first time, that the intelligence community should have the ability to treat prisoners inhumanely. " Meanwhile the American Civil Liberties Union announced Monday at least 21 detainees have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ACLU reached that number based on released Pentagon documents. But they've all gone mad now Well you'd be pretty mad too If what happened to cows happened to you Having your children taken away Forced to stand in a pen each day Fed the shit from other dead things Then chopped to bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Obviously your government wants to be free from all restrictions of cruelty and downright nastiness - and our government will follow a year behind. Jo , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > > Cheney Lobbies for CIA Exemption to Torture Ban > The New York Times is reporting Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Porter Goss met with Senator John McCain last week to urge him to back exempting CIA officers from a proposed Senate ban on torture. Three weeks ago the Senate voted 90 to 9 to ban the use of " cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment " of any detainee held by the government. Cheney reportedly said the CIA needed to be exempt because the president needs maximum flexibility in fighting the so- called war on terrorism. Tom Malinowski, of Human Rights Watch, responded to the news by saying " They are explicitly saying, for the first time, that the intelligence community should have the ability to treat prisoners inhumanely. " Meanwhile the American Civil Liberties Union announced Monday at least 21 detainees have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ACLU reached that number based on released Pentagon documents. > > > > But they've all gone mad now > Well you'd be pretty mad too > If what happened to cows happened to you > Having your children taken away > Forced to stand in a pen each day > Fed the shit from other dead things > Then chopped to bits... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 1933 berlin..... heartwerk <jo.heartwork Oct 25, 2005 11:35 PM Re: we *heart* torture Obviously your government wants to be free from all restrictions of cruelty and downright nastiness - and our government will follow a year behind. Jo But they've all gone mad now Well you'd be pretty mad too If what happened to cows happened to you Having your children taken away Forced to stand in a pen each day Fed the shit from other dead things Then chopped to bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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