Torture memos

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by classicman

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Pelosi received a briefing on interrogation by CIA officials when she served as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence panel in 2002, but she has asserted that she was never told that waterboarding and other harsh practices were used, only that intelligence officials thought them legal.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, however, has since released information calling Pelosi’s assertion into question. A DNI chart released earlier this month asserted that Pelosi received a briefing in September of 2002 during which she was given a description of interrogation methods used on a suspected terrorist.

Pelosi has claimed a different recollection of the briefing.

“Trying to understand what she was told is almost impossible; her story changes almost every day,” said Graham.

classic, there is now evidence that they were torturing people to try and make a connection between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussien. Which they never got btw.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

there is now evidence that they were torturing people to try and make a connection between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussien.

That was old news a month ago, but thanks for the update. It also has nothing to do with what I was talking about.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Chicago radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller decided he'd get himself waterboarded to prove the technique wasn't torture.

It didn't turn out that way. "Mancow," in fact, lasted just six or seven seconds before crying foul. Apparently, the experience went pretty badly -- "Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment to stop," according to NBC Chicago.

"The average person can take this for 14 seconds," Marine Sergeant Clay South told his audience before he was waterboarded on air. "He's going to wiggle, he's going to scream, he's going to wish he never did this."

Seems Sergeant South was correct.