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17 Jun 2008 07:35 pm
"If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong."
The Senate torture hearings are wrenching:
A key step came in early October 2002, when a lawyer for the CIA's
Counterterrorist Center, Jonathan Fredman, visited Guantanamo to
discuss "aggressive" techniques for interrogation. Fredman explained
"the wet towel technique," according to unclassified minutes of his
meeting with senior Guantanamo commanders -- also known as
waterboarding.
Discussing what the law permitted when it comes to interrogation,
Levin, quoting from the minutes, Fredman said: "It is basically subject
to perception. If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong."
The response, from Guantanamo chief of staff, Lt. Col. Diane Beaver: "We'll need documentation to protect us."
The more we know, the worse it gets.
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