Secret Interrogation Memos to Be Released

[Peikko 1,575]

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After a tense internal debate, the Obama administration this afternoon will make public a number of detailed memos describing the harsh interrogation techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency against al Qaeda suspects in secret overseas prisons.

The interrogation methods were among the Bush administration’s most closely guarded secrets, and today’s release will be the most comprehensive public accounting to date of the interrogation program that some senior Obama administration officials have said used illegal torture.

[Ban Hammer 13,399]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

Bush's done that already. You think the world will look at America more favorably if we try to sweep under the rug what is to a significant degree public knowledge already?

[pedroh 21]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

Bush's done that already. You think the world will look at America more favorably if we try to sweep under the rug what is to a significant degree public knowledge already?

agree.. I think it's better to come out and say "our bad, we did all this ugly sh!t" instead of keep it 'hidden'

[Otto 83]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

Maybe it'll be a case of 'don't hate the player, hate the game'...

[Ban Hammer 13,399]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

Bush's done that already. You think the world will look at America more favorably if we try to sweep under the rug what is to a significant degree public knowledge already?

it will get worse.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

let's give more reasons for people to hate us

Bush's done that already. You think the world will look at America more favorably if we try to sweep under the rug what is to a significant degree public knowledge already?

agree.. I think it's better to come out and say "our bad, we did all this ugly sh!t" instead of keep it 'hidden'

Also you can't turn the corner, as it were, without transparency.

[almaty 19]

and possible..the start of legal action aganist those responsible...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

and possible..the start of legal action aganist those responsible...

Dunno - Obama's Attorney General has already played the "national security" card in relation to the lawsuits about the treatment of detainees.

[Kevin and 10]

No charges for waterboarding or torture.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_...e/torture_memos