New Torture Allegations for Terror Suspects
The important thing to remember is that the torture is not a way of getting real information, but rather to get suspects to confess to pre-determined story-lines.
My guess is the story-lines would be planted by double agents (al-CIA-duh), and the info released under interrogation or under mild torture.
My guess is the story-lines would be planted by double agents (al-CIA-duh), and the info released under interrogation or under mild torture.
posted by spooked at 11:11 AM
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From Michael Yon, a self-financed freelance reporter in Iraq:
I, like everyone else, will have to wait for September's report from Gen. Petraeus before making more definitive judgments. But I know for certain that three things are different in Iraq now from any other time I've seen it.
1. Iraqis are uniting across sectarian lines to drive Al Qaeda in all its disguises out of Iraq, and they are empowered by the success they are having, each one creating a ripple effect of active citizenship.
2. The Iraqi Army is much more capable now than it was in 2005. It is not ready to go it alone, but if we keep working, that day will come.
3. Gen. Petraeus is running the show. Petraeus may well prove to be to counterinsurgency warfare what Patton was to tank battles with Rommel, or what Churchill was to the Nazis.
And yes, in case there is any room for question, Al Qaeda still is a serious problem in Iraq, one that can be defeated. Until we do, real and lasting security will elude both the Iraqis and us.
wow 5:23, yon does an excellent job equating the iraqi insurgency, which is battling to repel an occupation of invaders, with not only al qaeda, but nazis as well.
kudos to "freelance journalism"!
even if elements within the CIA are the Perps, i think at least 95% of the Agency has NO CLUE about it, let alone do they suspect "inside job"...you don't get those kinds of Fed-Spook-Shill jobs without being extremely patriotic/pro-US...the Perps are the dark shadow of business, media, intelligence, and the military...
1:06am-- I'm not sure about the idea that 95% have no clue, but I would bet 95% are relatively innocent of the truly bad stuff and are merely pawns in a larger game.
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