FBI Email Says Bush Signed Exec Order Authorizing Harsh Interrogation Methods

[kpete]

April 15, 2008 at 11:36:03

Headlined on 4/15/08:
FBI Email Says Bush Signed Exec Order Authorizing Harsh Interrogation Methods

by Jason Leopold Page 1 of 2 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com

President George W. Bush’s comment to ABC News – that he approved discussions that his top aides held about harsh interrogation techniques – adds credence to claims from senior FBI agents in Iraq in 2004 that Bush had signed an Executive Order approving the use of military dogs, sleep deprivation and other tactics to intimidate Iraqi detainees.

When the American Civil Liberties Union released the FBI e-mail in December 2004 – after obtaining it through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit – the White House emphatically denied that any such presidential Executive Order existed, calling the unnamed FBI official who wrote the e-mail “mistaken.”


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The FBI e-mail – dated May 22, 2004 – followed disclosures about abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and sought guidance on whether FBI agents in Iraq were obligated to report the U.S. military’s harsh interrogation of inmates when that treatment violated FBI standards but fit within the guidelines of a presidential Executive Order.

According to the e-mail, Bush’s Executive Order authorized interrogators to use military dogs, “stress positions,” sleep “management,” loud music and “sensory deprivation through the use of hoods, etc.” to extract information from detainees in Iraq.

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more at:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_jason_le_080415_fbi_email_says_bush_.htm

[YDogg]

1. just some harmless frat hazing shit like at yale

[gratuitous]

2. An emphatic denial

So, there are Executive Orders out there that aren't part of any public record? I thought the United States used to be against secret orders. But then, I used to think the United States was against closed courts, secret evidence, and convictions not based on the due process of law or evidence obtained through unconstitutional methods.

But this is all pretty small potatoes compared to the riveting story about which Democratic candidate said what at a meeting or the Pope coming for a visit.

[Canuckistanian]

3. I wouldn't read too much into that

I don't think Shrub gives much thought to ANYTHING he signs.

People <Cheney> tell him the "right thing to do" and he does it. If he protests, they <Cheney> explain their best neocon rationalizations for what he is about to sign.

And based on their <Cheney> advice, he always signs.

[spanone]

4. this is a lawless nation

[OneBlueSky]

5. the damage BushCo has done to this nation is incalculable . . .

and no one -- NO ONE! -- is being held accountable for it . . . the Congress is a useless bunch of enablers concerned only with their own re-election and their super-glued attachment to the corporate money teat . . .

with very few exceptions, our country is being run by a cadre of self-involved egotists who care not one whit for anyone other than themselves . . .

[Stuart G]

7. Very well said..

This is clearly put, and honest. I agree completely

[trusty elf]

6. What's it going to take to finally bring the bastard(s) to justice?

[BunkerHill24]

8. Kick & Rec'd...This is very important news, imo

[jazzjunkysue]

9. And so of course, the soldiers who carried out the orders go to jail.

And George goes golfing. Watch this drive.

[Supersedeas]

10. Bush is behind the use of hoods -- an image to remember for the ages

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Some guys get off on porn. Bush gets off on executions and torture.

Jeesh I really don't like Bush - and Cheney is even worse.

[chat_noir]

12. The Bush Memorial