Comments on: 2004 CIA Inspector General Report to Reveal Illegal Conduct http://washingtonindependent.com/56049/2004-cia-inspector-general-report-to-reveal-illegal-conduct National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What they’re saying: Today’s big CIA/torture report http://washingtonindependent.com/56049/2004-cia-inspector-general-report-to-reveal-illegal-conduct/comment-page-1#comment-244640 What they’re saying: Today’s big CIA/torture report Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:36:55 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56049#comment-244640 [...] Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent: “As Newsweek reported Friday evening, the CIA inspector general report expected to be released on Monday reveals that the CIA staged mock executions to terrify terror suspects into talking. Regardless of whether interrogators got the information they were looking for, these actions were clearly against the law. It is a violation of both the federal anti-torture statute, and of international law, to threaten a suspect with imminent death. Yet there was no other possible purpose for staging a mock execution in a room next to a detainee — complete with gunfire to suggest a prisoner had been killed — other than to terrify the detainee into believing that he would be next.” [...] [...] Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent: “As Newsweek reported Friday evening, the CIA inspector general report expected to be released on Monday reveals that the CIA staged mock executions to terrify terror suspects into talking. Regardless of whether interrogators got the information they were looking for, these actions were clearly against the law. It is a violation of both the federal anti-torture statute, and of international law, to threaten a suspect with imminent death. Yet there was no other possible purpose for staging a mock execution in a room next to a detainee — complete with gunfire to suggest a prisoner had been killed — other than to terrify the detainee into believing that he would be next.” [...]

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]]> By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/56049/2004-cia-inspector-general-report-to-reveal-illegal-conduct/comment-page-1#comment-67834 strangely_enough Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:05:48 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56049#comment-67834 "The IG report also apparently reveals that at least one detainee was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation."<br><br>My initial reaction to that was remembering how many Iraqi corpses were found with drill holes in their skulls. Coincidental, but still strikingly similar. “The IG report also apparently reveals that at least one detainee was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation.”

My initial reaction to that was remembering how many Iraqi corpses were found with drill holes in their skulls. Coincidental, but still strikingly similar.

]]> By: Ted http://washingtonindependent.com/56049/2004-cia-inspector-general-report-to-reveal-illegal-conduct/comment-page-1#comment-67738 Ted Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:56:08 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56049#comment-67738 where is the report? where is the report?

]]> By: The Torture Never Stops « Around The Sphere http://washingtonindependent.com/56049/2004-cia-inspector-general-report-to-reveal-illegal-conduct/comment-page-1#comment-67745 The Torture Never Stops « Around The Sphere Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:21:10 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=56049#comment-67745 [...] Daphne Eviatar at Washington Independent: As Newsweek reported Friday evening, the CIA inspector general report expected to be released on Monday reveals that the CIA staged mock executions to terrify terror suspects into talking. Regardless of whether interrogators got the information they were looking for, these actions were clearly against the law. It is a violation of both the federal anti-torture statute, and of international law, to threaten a suspect with imminent death. Yet there was no other possible purpose for staging a mock execution in a room next to a detainee — complete with gunfire to suggest a prisoner had been killed — other than to terrify the detainee into believing that he would be next. [...] [...] Daphne Eviatar at Washington Independent: As Newsweek reported Friday evening, the CIA inspector general report expected to be released on Monday reveals that the CIA staged mock executions to terrify terror suspects into talking. Regardless of whether interrogators got the information they were looking for, these actions were clearly against the law. It is a violation of both the federal anti-torture statute, and of international law, to threaten a suspect with imminent death. Yet there was no other possible purpose for staging a mock execution in a room next to a detainee — complete with gunfire to suggest a prisoner had been killed — other than to terrify the detainee into believing that he would be next. [...]

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