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May 21, 2005
Retention May Not Be a Cost Savings Program After All
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on "retention" and the reason for it that was offered by an official who declined to be named. Perhaps you'll remember that this official explained that "the retention program was as an alternative to what American officials have said is the costly, manpower-intensive process of housing them in the United States or in American-run facilities in other countries." Now I learn via Majikthise that just maybe it has to do with torture.
According to today's Washington Post , new documents from Sweden suggest that the goal was instead the "transfer of terrorism suspects to their home countries or other nations where they can be interrogated with fewer legal protections."
Inside an airport police station, Swedish officers watched as the CIA operatives pulled out scissors and rapidly sliced off the prisoners' clothes, including their underwear, according to newly released Swedish government documents and eyewitness statements. They probed inside the men's mouths and ears and examined their hair before dressing the pair in sweat suits and draping hoods over their heads. The suspects were then marched in chains to the plane, where they were strapped to mattresses on the floor in the back of the cabin.So began an operation the CIA calls an "extraordinary rendition," the forcible and highly secret transfer of terrorism suspects to their home countries or other nations where they can be interrogated with fewer legal protections.
My goodness, the next thing we'll learn is that the Qur'an was actually desecrated at Guantanamo Bay.
Posted by DuaneSmith at May 21, 2005 11:21 AM | Read more on Current Events |
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