Zelikow: My Alternative Torture Memo Has Been Found And Is Being Reviewed For Declassification

[babylonsister]

So maybe it wasn't a figment of his imagination. :shrug:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/zelikow_my_alternative_torture_memo_has_been_found.php?ref=fp1

Zelikow: My Alternative Torture Memo Has Been Found And Is Being Reviewed For Declassification
By Zachary Roth - May 13, 2009, 11:10AM


Philip Zelikow just offered a bit of news about the memo he wrote offering an alternative view on the legality of torture, which he said the White House tried to have destroyed.

Zelikow told the Senate committee that the memo, which had not previously been found, "has been located in State Department files and is being reviewed for declassification."

He said that at the time, he thought the effort to have the memo destroyed -- which he described as "informal" -- was "improper" and ignored it.

And it sounds like we may get a look at it soon.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Conservatives constantly befuddle me.

They go on and on about their values and yet constantly distance themselves from their values, like TORTURE. Valuing Slavery, homophobia, ignorance, torturing non-white non-christian people are what makes the ole party grand to its members. Why the constant denials?

[babylonsister]

2. BOSS, check your pm. nt

[global1]

3. Why Do They Use The Term "White House Tried To Have It Destroyed"? Instead Of.......

identifying who in the White House ordered that this memo should be destroyed.

It seems to me that knowing the name of the person IN the White House that put this order out would be very telling.

Why didn't anyone on the committee ask him - who issued the order? Why don't they get to the root of this by determining who in the White House called that memo in?

The White House is not a person. A person in the White House put that order out. Find out who that was and get him or her under oath.

All paths lead up. ^^^