AussieInCA
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Sun May-09-04 12:14 PM
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Why isn't the press going after the "contract abusers" |
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I mean what controls does the company have? (who is motivated to increase profits in their line of business..interogation)
What controls does the government have?
Where is the accountability?
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Eric J in MN
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Sun May-09-04 12:26 PM
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1. Sy Hersh wrote about it in The New Yorker |
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Sy Hersh wrote about it in The New Yorker http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1563177If you're asking why CNN and Fox News and MSNBC aren't demanding to know why the civilians who ordered the humiliation of prisoners aren't being prosecuted, the question almost answers itself.
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AussieInCA
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Sun May-09-04 12:31 PM
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2. thx I'll go pick it up today |
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Sun May-09-04 12:34 PM
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3. That trail leads straight back to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld... |
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Edited on Sun May-09-04 12:35 PM by Junkdrawer
Hey, look over there - let's hang that Lynndie England bitch.
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Sun May-09-04 12:52 PM
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4. Without in the least bit excusing these men, contracted |
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civilians cannot order the military to do anything whatsoever, at any time. Any such order that might be given is an illegal one, and no soldier is bound to follow it.
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Sun May-09-04 12:55 PM
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5. how much you wanna bet the low level grunts were told the exact |
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OPPOSITE?
or, nothing at all, and, as the bottom rungers, assumed that anyone in that situtation ordering them about HAD the authority to do so?
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Sun May-09-04 01:05 PM
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6. Because the connections to CACI & Titan to repukes is too close |
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