USA.
We can you remotely from the sky, and lock you away and torture you if we think you might not like us. It's not like anyone's going to stop us.
So we've got laws about "cruel and unusual punishment" for US citizens. Do we automatically assign the people of other nations all the status and respect that we also show to common mass-production livestock?
"We have standards here in the land of freedom! (Course, we're in Country <redacted>, where we can do whatever we want.) In God We Trust is the motto, and may He guide our unwavering moral compass! Now we're going to give you a demonstration of those wonderful values by chaining you to the ceiling so that you have to shit on yourself."
Good christ....
It starts in the Bush administration, and continues right into the next one. Can't stop the momentum of corruption, not while everyone's working on the truly important issue of trying to rationalize the actions of their political party.
:hmm:
So let's see, if I go overseas specifically to do things that are illegal in the US, I'd be guilty of a crime, right?
Mr. Rizzo's testimony is incongruent with CIA records. After the capture of Abu Zubaydah,
CTC Legal,
prepared a PowerPoint presentation laying out the "pros" and "cons" of six detention options. The pros for detention in Country
, where Abu Zubaydah would be rendered, included "[n]o issues of possible U.S. [court] jurisdiction." The cons for a CIA facility in the United States included "[c]an't foreclose ability of U.S. [courts] considering Habeas Corpus petition.
And they're looking to get candidates for interrogation who are good with difficult people and have a solid work history:
Numerous CIA interrogators and other CIA personnel associated with the program had either suspected or documented personal and professional problems that raised questions about their judgment and CIA employment. This group of officers included individuals who, among other issues, had engaged in inappropriate detainee interrogations, had workplace anger management issues, and had reportedly admitted to sexual assault.
Oh but wait I stand at my desk 8 hours a day so how can standing be torture?
Gullible naive people think this is ok.
But those people have to endure constant hell, like breaks, lunch, walking to the bathroom, and going home. The US government will remove the need for bathroom breaks, and they'll provide you with a meal and a place to sleep:
According to an August 26, 2004, cable, after a 47-hour session of standing sleep deprivation, Janat Gul was returned to his cell, allowed to remove his diaper, given a towel and a meal, and permitted to sleep.
But wait, there's more.
In October 2004, the CIA conducted a
of the CIA source who had identified Gul as having knowledge of
attack planning for the pre-election threat.
the CIA source admitted to fabricating the information. Gul was subsequently transferred to a foreign government. On
informed the CIA that Janat Gul had been released.
"Hey, good news, you can go! On your way now!"
Janut Gul was in CIA custody for 920-930 days. (last digit of time in custody was blacked out)
But hey, there were at least some people who had a shred of ethics left somewhere in them.
August 8, 2002: "Today's first session...had a profound effect on all staff members present...it seems the collective opinion that we should not go much further...everyone seems strong for now but if the group has to continue.. .we cannot guarantee how much longer."
August 8, 2002: "Several on the team profoundly affected...some to the point of tears and choking up."
August 9, 2002: "two, perhaps three [personnel] likely to elect transfer" away from the detention site if the decision is made to continue with the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques.
"Enhanced interrogation."
Throw your bullshit feel-good marketing term in the trash compactor and dive right in after it.
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