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Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in May 2004, around the time that the initial, most intense phase of the CIA effort began to wind down. The purpose of the report was to examine how the CIA program had been conducted, and whether Justice Department guidelines governing the use of harsh "enhanced" interrogation techniques had been followed. According to the sources, the inspector general criticizes some agency interrogators for exceeding official guidelines in the use of extreme tactics on detainees. Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/id/213188
Report: CIA Wielded Gun, Power Tool During U.S.S. Cole Interrogation Session
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... [information] up,” said one of the sources. A federal law banning the use of torture expressly forbids threatening a detainee with “imminent death.”
The report also says, according to the sources, that a mock execution was staged in a room next to a detainee, during which a gunshot was fired in an effort to make the suspect believe that another prisoner had been killed. The inspector general’s report alludes to more than one mock execution.
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New Reports of Harsh C.I.A. Tactics
The Caucus —
Several news organizations reported Friday night that a Central Intelligence Agency report due to be made public next week details extreme tactics employed by agency interrogators, including what was described as a “mock execution.” Those news organizations’ reports could not be independently confirmed. The content of the document, a 2004 report by the agency’s inspector general, was first described by Newsweek , which cited anonymous sources. ...
"They hate us for our Freedoms"
Rising Hegemon —
The Bush Administration ran the United States of all Class (and human rights violations): ...the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation. According to the sources, who like others quoted in this article asked not to be named while discussing sensitive information, Nashiri's interrogators brandished the gun in an effort to convince him that he was going to be shot. Interrogators also turned on a power drill and held it near him. ...
ACLU Forces Release Of Yet Another Secret Document That Endangers Americans
Pirate's Cove —
... A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned. ...
ACLU Forces Release Of Yet Another Secret Document That Endangers Americans
Stop The ACLU —
... Posted on August 22, 2009 Liberal namby pamby’s just can’t move on A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned. According to two sources—one who has read a draft of the paper and one who was briefed on it—the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA ...
Fait Diver: Pinkville Revisited
David E's Fablog —
... in tragedies or atrocities involving civilians–men like Bob Kerrey and his fellow SEALs–kept their secrets. Too often, their superiors–men like Powell–were not interested in unearthing these awful truths (which usually were the results of their orders and demands), and certainly they had no desire to share that side of the war with the public. The willful denial of the war’s managers is as much a part of the dark memory of Vietnam as the lethal misdeeds and mistakes of the soldiers.” Wilful denial and lethal misdeeds continue unabalted — and unapologized for. Encore
Time to Change the Subject? -- By: Jonathan Adler
The Corner on National Review Online —
Let's see now. Deficit projections are once again on the rise as Obama's approval rating falls. Health care reform is faltering, climate change legislation is stalled, and David Axlerod is under fire for his conflicts of interest. Seems like a good time to change the subject. Contents of the CIA inspector general's report on harsh interrogation methods have already leaked, so it won't do the trick. If I were a betting man, I'd expect something else to drop Monday or Tuesday. ...
Terror suspects and mock executions...
At-Largely —
This is really mind-blowing . When reading the below, remember, that these people were at that time "suspects" ONLY. I am not saying that convicted person should be experimented on in such a way. But think how much worse it is when someone is but a suspect being abused in this manner:And there is the word, highlighted by me, that explains what this activity is: torture. Not enhanced mock executions, simply this - torture. What would you say if you thought you would have your head drilled? Would you agree to anything? Would you admit to anything that the person threatening you ...
CIA conducted mock executions
Newshoggers.com —
... Newsweek reported yesterday that CIA personnel staged mock executions as part of their interrogation of terror suspects. According to CIA documents, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was threatened with a gun and a power drill during questioning by the CIA. ...
Mock Executions
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
by Patrick Appel
The long awaited CIA torture report is due out on Monday. Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff have a preview:
According to two sources—one who has read a draft of the paper and one who was briefed on it—the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation. According to the sources, who like others quoted in this article asked not to be named while discussing sensitive information, ...
Leaked Details of IG Report Include Use of Mock Executions
The Moderate Voice —
This is sickening:
According to two sources—one who has read a draft of the paper and one who was briefed on it—the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA interrogation. According to the sources, who like others quoted in this article asked not to be named while discussing sensitive information, Nashiri’s interrogators brandished the gun in an effort to convince him that he was going ...
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
Radley Balko has the goods (and the video) on a woman who's tased and arrested after objecting to a traffic ticket--turns out she got a ticket for using a cell phone when she didn't have one, and the cop didn't like her angry objections. Just remember when it's an American imprisoned: There's nothing wrong with waterboarding, power drills and mock executions. A truly hilarious account of Joe Klein polishing his "liberal" creds--and supposedly smacking down evil bloggers--at a beach barbecue last week. Yes, a ...
Mock Executions
Obsidian Wings —
... by publius
More on this to come, but good lord: A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector
general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged
mock executions as part of the agency's post-9/11 program to detain and
question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned. . . .
Nashiri's interrogators brandished the gun in an effort to convince
him that he was going to be shot. Interrogators also turned on a power
drill and held it near him. "The purpose was to scare him into giving ...
The Tortuous Logic of the "Conservative" Mind
Whiskey Fire —
... What the previous administration did: A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector
general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged
mock executions as part of the agency's post-9/11 program to detain and
question terror ...
CIA staged ‘mock execution’ of detainees, then destroyed the video tape evidence.
Think Progress —
... Newsweek reports that a forthcoming CIA Inspector General report that will be released next week “reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects.” CIA interrogators used ...
CIA staged ?mock execution? of detainees, then destroyed the video tape evidence.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that a forthcoming CIA Inspector General report that will be released next week “reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects.” CIA interrogators used a handgun and an electric drill to try to frighten captured al-Qaeda detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri into […] Newsweek reports that a forthcoming CIA Inspector General report that will be released next week “reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror ...
Newsweek: C.I.A. Report On Torture To Be Released Next Week
Crooks and Liars —
From Newsweek: Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions : A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency's post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects, NEWSWEEK has learned. According to two sources—one who has read a draft of the paper and one who was briefed on it—the report describes how one detainee, suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, was threatened with a gun and a power drill during the course of CIA ...
To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... that the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility recommends that the federal government reopen potential cases against CIA employees for using illegal interrogation techniques on terror-related detainees. New details of detainee abuse, contained in the CIA Inspector General's report, were leaked over the weekend . The report is due to be released today. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Smith, who served as the CIA's general counsel in 1995 and 1996, ...
NYT: DOJ Report Recommends Reopening Prisoner Abuse Cases -- Holder Now "All But Certain" To Probe Torture
TPMMuckraker —
... Last week, Newsweek reported that the long awaited CIA report on torture, set to be released today, reveals that agency interrogators staged mock executions of detainees. ...
The CIA IG Report
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... We already know a lot about what the IG found. On Friday, Newsweek's Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff reported that the IG detailed how the CIA staged mock executions and threatened one detainee with a gun and a power drill. If you want more foreshadowing, Marcy Wheeler has reposted two items ( ...
Losing The Socialized Health Care Debate? No Problem….Dept. Of Mis-Direction To The Rescue
Flopping Aces —
... Let’s see now. Deficit projections are once again on the rise as Obama’s approval rating falls. Health-care reform is faltering, climate-change legislation is stalled, and David Axlerod is under fire for his conflicts of interest. Seems like a good time to change the subject. Contents of the CIA inspector general’s report on harsh interrogation methods have already leaked, so it won’t do the trick. If I were a betting man, I’d expect something else to drop Monday or Tuesday. ...
CIA Out of the Loop
Weekly Standard Blog —
... latest turn of events. The CIA spent years undermining the Bush administration -- I heard one Republican say that he'd counseled Bush to clean out the Agency on day one of his first term, and that his failure to do so had been nothing short of a disaster. On the other hand, conservatives don't want to see patriotic Americans hung out to dry for pushing the envelope in interrogations of al Qaeda terrorists. To take just one example, this latest revelation that a CIA interrogator had brandished and fired a gun in an effort to scare a detainee into talking is not ...
The 2004 CIA Inspector General Report
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... a lot about this report. We already knew that the CIA staged mock executions and threatened one detainee with a gun and a power drill. More broadly, ...
The CIA's torture documents
Newshoggers.com —
... by Jay McDonough
Heretofore secret CIA documents on the organizations use of "enhanced interrogation" methods were finally released yesterday. Included in the documents were the two memos ex-Vice President Dick Cheney had argued would prove definitively that the Bush Administrations authorization to use torture had been effective and, ultimately, saved American lives.
Late last week Newsweek had published some of the details of the content - the use of mock executions with guns and power drills had ...
