Memo reveals Bush OKd torture

[dubyaD40web]

WASHINGTON During confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales nomination as Attorney General, senators should question him about a recently uncovered memo that George W. Bush ordered the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and other military prisons around the world, several human rights groups suggested last month.

The groups, who joined in an ACLU Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit, which won release of the memo and other incriminating documents, are describing it as the smoking gun implicating Bush in the torture scandal.

ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero released the memo Dec. 20 in New York. That document, a December 2003 FBI internal e-mail, suggests that Bush issued a secret Executive Order authorizing the use of extreme coercive measures in interrogation, including sleep deprivation, stress positions, attack dogs, and use of hoods to intimidate prisoners. The Geneva Convention Against Torture bans all of these practices.

These documents raise grave questions about where the blame for widespread detainee abuse ultimately rests, Romero said. Top government officials can no longer hide from public scrutiny by pointing the finger at a few low-ranking soldiers.

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/6260/1/245/

[Cobalt Violet]

1. I hope we can impeach him.

[ohioliberal]

2. I bet this won't be found on any MSM today, tomorrow

or ever.

[arwalden]

4. Look Closer...

>> Due to overwhelming demand People's Weekly World Newspaper Online
PWW.ORG is temporarily only serving the following article <<

Yeah... that's a NEWS organization that's earned MY TRUST!! :eyes:

This is their ONLY article? Not even a home page? No banner? No contact info? No NUTHIN!! Just this story?

Please!

[AlbizuX]

7. actually...

The Washington Post was one of the first to release it...

not sure about the TV or radio media.

[arwalden]

9. That's A Source I'd Put More Faith In...

do you have a link to that? The URL in the original post just isn't doing it for me.

[Chimpeach]

3. CHIMPEACH!

[jhain]

5. and what does Joe Biden think??? n/t

[AlbizuX]

8. oh he thinks he's swell....

I mean, he loves Alberto...Alberto is just making it hard for him, ya know...but he loves him, dang it he loves him...

:puke:

[Just Me]

6. A conspiracy to commit war crimes.

The whole lot of the neocons are co-conspirators and they should all be criminally charged, tried and convicted!!!

:mad:

[Moderator]

10. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1128392