Saturday, April 18, 2009

CIA Fears Torture Prosecutions

From Times Online:

Only some of the secrets of US ‘ghost’ prisons have been revealed.

The CIA fears some of its operatives could face prosecution for torturing high-level terrorist suspects, despite President Barack Obama’s promise of legal immunity.

The confidential US Department of Justice guidelines on interrogating high-level detainees, which were made public last week, provide only a small window into the secret prisons or “black sites” run by the CIA.

“These are the first dominoes,” said Jameel Jaffer, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the lawsuit that forced the release of the memos. “It will be difficult for the new administration to argue now that other documents can be lawfully withheld.”

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My Comment: After 9/11, many in the intelligence community went public with their concerns on what would be the blow back a few years later if ..... and I quote Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld at the time .... they get their hands dirty from what they have to do.

They now know their answer. Politicians will always act like politicians .... and for those who warned us 8 years ago that this would be the end result .... they were right.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

On all, of what Bush did while in office. THIS IS ONLY THE TIP. wait until the next secret comes out and I can only pray that we get transparentcy, on all of what he f---, up and just so you know HE FU__ UP EVERY THING in his 8. years..