Rumsfeld: "Did I authorize putting a bra & underwear on this guy's head?"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Salon_Rumsfeld_personally_involved_in_interrogation_0414.html



Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was personally involved in the late 2002 interrogation of a high-value al-Qaida detainee known in intelligence circles as "the 20th hijacker." He also communicated weekly with the man in charge of the interrogation, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, the controversial commander of the Guantánamo Bay detention center.

During the same period, detainee Mohammed al-Kahtani suffered from what Army investigators have called "degrading and abusive" treatment by soldiers who were following the interrogation plan Rumsfeld had approved. Kahtani was forced to stand naked in front of a female interrogator, was accused of being a homosexual, and was forced to wear women's underwear and to perform "dog tricks" on a leash. He received 18-to-20-hour interrogations during 48 of 54 days.

Little more than two years later, during an investigation into the mistreatment of prisoners at Guantánamo, Rumsfeld expressed puzzlement at the notion that his policies had caused the abuse. "He was going, 'My God, you know, did I authorize putting a bra and underwear on this guy's head?'" recalled Lt. Gen. Randall M. Schmidt, an investigator who interviewed Rumsfeld twice in early 2005.

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On Dec. 2, 2002, Rumsfeld approved 16 harsher interrogation strategies for use against Kahtani, including the use of forced nudity, stress positions and the removal of religious items. In public statements, however, Rumsfeld has maintained that none of the policies at Guantánamo led to "inhumane" treatment of detainees. Jeffrey Gordon, a Pentagon spokesman, told Salon Thursday that Kahtani was an al-Qaida terrorist who provided a "treasure trove" of still-classified information during his interrogation. "Al-Kahtani's interrogation was guided by a very detailed plan, conducted by trained professionals in a controlled environment, and with active supervision and oversight," Gordon said in an e-mail statement. "Nothing was done randomly."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Salon_Rumsfeld_personally_involved_in_interrogation_0414.html

[rzemanfl]

1. No sir! You specifically said a sanitary napkin and a halter top.

Sorry Sir!

[panader0]

2. Damn B_E _B is that you ? You wild man!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. Yes, that is the photo that appears on my driver's license...

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[valerief]

3. Not Mister Icy Panties. n/t

[bullimiami]

4. the buck never stops at the top with these bastards.

[panader0]

5. Caption: He took a dog doo snow cone and he stuffed in my left eye

[McCamy Taylor]

6. Best thread title of all times.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. It pretty much lets you know where we're at in 2006, doesn't it?

:patriot:

[Vickers]

9. What's the matter, you drunk fuck, you can't remember?

I'm pretty sure if I would have said to put girlie undergarments on someone's head, I would remember it.
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Oh yes, I would remember it!

:P

:hi: B-E-B!

[darkmaestro019]

10. Keep pushing, Rummy. No, harder than that and a little more, sudden

It's that bone in the back of the eye socket that takes the real shove.


EDIT: this is :sarcasm: Of course I do not want Rummy-dearie to poke himself in his wittle brain with his wittle manicured fingernail. He might get blood on his white-collar soft hands.