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raveneye · 12-06-2005, 08:15 AM

Condi says she can't explain why people undergo rendition, she says "there are some things that we simply can't talk about." This is another in a long line of instances where the Bush administration is telling us that we simply have to trust them.

I can't think of any legitimate reason whatsoever to send these people out of the United States. The only possible reason would be so that we're free to do things to them that would be illegal in the U.S. For example, to interrogate them using more extreme techniques than are allowed in the U.S. These techniques would be things like mock drowning, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and stress positions.

Here's what Condi needs to answer:

--why do we need to send prisoners to Egypt and Syria to be questioned (where torture is routine)? Why wouldn't places like Sweden be acceptable?

--why does the administration not dispute the prisoners' own charges that they were forced to undergo mock drownings and similar ordeals in places like Egypt and Syria?

--why is Cheney adamant about letting the CIA off the hook in the torture ban?

12-06-2005, 08:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
raveneye Born Against	Condi says she can't explain why people undergo rendition, she says "there are some things that we simply can't talk about." This is another in a long line of instances where the Bush administration is telling us that we simply have to trust them. I can't think of any legitimate reason whatsoever to send these people out of the United States. The only possible reason would be so that we're free to do things to them that would be illegal in the U.S. For example, to interrogate them using more extreme techniques than are allowed in the U.S. These techniques would be things like mock drowning, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and stress positions. Here's what Condi needs to answer: --why do we need to send prisoners to Egypt and Syria to be questioned (where torture is routine)? Why wouldn't places like Sweden be acceptable? --why does the administration not dispute the prisoners' own charges that they were forced to undergo mock drownings and similar ordeals in places like Egypt and Syria? --why is Cheney adamant about letting the CIA off the hook in the torture ban?