ACLU Says Top Iraq Commander May Be Guilty of Perjury

BBond

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From Democracy Now! -- news that the ACLU has asked AG Gonzalez to investigate Sanchez for perjury. It's about time someone is held responsible other than the troops who were only following the policies Sanchez and the entire Bush administration dictated.

ACLU Says Top Iraq Commander May Be Guilty of Perjury

The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asking him to open an investigation into possible perjury by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the theater commander at the outset of the Iraq invasion. The ACLU said that a memo sent by Gen Sanchez flatly contradicts sworn testimony given by him before the Senate Armed Services Committee, in which he denied authorizing highly coercive interrogation methods. The ACLU called for the appointment of an independent special counsel by the attorney general." The ACLU obtained a physical copy of the memo under an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, and released a hard copy on Tuesday. The memo is dated September 14, 2003 and was signed by Lt. Gen. Sanchez. It laid out specific interrogation techniques, modeled on those used against detainees at Guantanamo Bay for use by coalition forces in Iraq. These include sleep "management," the inducement of fear at two levels of severity, loud music and sensory agitation, and the use of canine units to "exploit [the] Arab fear of dogs." During sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Sanchez flatly denied approving any such techniques in Iraq, and said that a news article reporting otherwise was false.

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Red Dawn

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WTF is up with the "Dirty Sanchez" reference? Yes we all know what it means
 

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When a crook gets to appoint his staff, then all we can expect is a bunch of corrupt liars and crooks.
 

BBond

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
WTF is up with the "Dirty Sanchez" reference? Yes we all know what it means

It refers to a U.S. general willing to play dirty and perjure himself at the expense of his troops.

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Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: BBond
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
WTF is up with the "Dirty Sanchez" reference? Yes we all know what it means

It refers to a U.S. general willing to play dirty and perjure himself at the expense of his troops.

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No it refers to someone with a sh!t Mustache
 

BBond

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: BBond
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
WTF is up with the "Dirty Sanchez" reference? Yes we all know what it means

It refers to a U.S. general willing to play dirty and perjure himself at the expense of his troops.

:)
No it refers to someone with a sh!t Mustache

That's what I said.