http://donklephant.com/2008/12/11/senate-report-rumsfeld-to-blame-for-detainee-abuses/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2008/12/11/senate-report-rumsfeld-to-blame-for-detainee-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-430489 blackoutyears Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:09:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11981#comment-430489 Forget moral authority. Torture is generally held, by many intelligence professionals, to yield bad intelligence. As the man said, you'd be surprised at how far a can of orange soda would go. Forget moral authority. Torture is generally held, by many intelligence professionals, to yield bad intelligence. As the man said, you’d be surprised at how far a can of orange soda would go.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/12/11/senate-report-rumsfeld-to-blame-for-detainee-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-430384 Kevin Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:18:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11981#comment-430384 And what of the soldiers who were imprisoned for their role in the Abu Ghraib incidents. Low ranking soldiers were prosecuted and imprisoned so that the DOD could absolve themselves of responsibility. Whatever twisted rationale the defenders of these policies offer about the need for "enhanced interrogation", there is no defense for willingly imprisoning soldiers for following their orders. And what of the soldiers who were imprisoned for their role in the Abu Ghraib incidents. Low ranking soldiers were prosecuted and imprisoned so that the DOD could absolve themselves of responsibility. Whatever twisted rationale the defenders of these policies offer about the need for “enhanced interrogation”, there is no defense for willingly imprisoning soldiers for following their orders.

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