Comments on: CIA admits torture

By: Lisa Thornburgh, J.D.

Lisa Thornburgh, J.D. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:13:05 +0000

What about other forms of torture, “classified” by the Administration because they are using “classified” weapons – electromagnetic weapons – acoustic, microwave, radiofrequency and radiological devices on the prisoners in Guantanamo (and even on dissidents in the US) to keep them quiet. These weapons are classified by the United Nations as “weapons of mass destruction”. Imagine that, we are using weapons of mass destruction, after invading a sovereign nation, executing its sovereign leader for “having” WMD which we are using on our own citizens!!! Check out the DARPA project (the state of Maryland is – so is the University of Maryland – good friends Stansfield Turner, former CIA director at UMAB is interested!!!) He was involved in MKULTRA and damaging brains remotely (via remote concussions on their – CIA’s victims). Too bad these weapons were not available when Martin Luther King, Jr. or Eleanor Roosevelt were around – being the offensive, threatening Americans they were!!

Why isn’t anyone questioning these weapons? The rest of the world, including the Russians which have a federal law describing their use (and their prohibition) is – we won’t even acknowledge their existence!!!

Anyone else out there that still has their own mind to think and question? Or, are we all automatons now?

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:43:36 +0000

Ravi, not lashing out at you Lashing out at…well, I guess torture and most of the public’s resigned awareness. Like, how much can we as citizens stop it?

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:42:15 +0000

Ravi:

“While Bush has said that they use â€œENHANCEDâ€ interrogation techniques, the administration was never explicit about what techniques they actually used,”

“Enhanced” is a dead give-away that it’s torture!!!!!!!! That’s practically an admission right there. What do people think “enhanced interrogation techniques” mean?????

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:40:20 +0000

Another thing too is how shocked everyone was when the Abu Ghraib photos came out. I mean, the visual proof IS effective, but for anyone who knows about the military, this type of thing is NOT a deviation (several years ago, I had gone through army manuals, as well as stuff from the School of Americas, and it’s quite astonishing how institutionalized “interrogation” techniques are.)

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:37:57 +0000

Ravi:

“While Bush has said that they use â€œenhancedâ€ interrogation techniques, the administration was never explicit about what techniques they actually used, but assured that they do not torture.”

I know; but for anyone who thinks that this doesn’t happen unless the CIA admits it is living in the dark. What secret service body does NOT use torture?!

By: Bert Preast

Bert Preast — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:30:58 +0000

It’s not a big deal? Happens all over the world. If anything it’s a plus point for the CIA for admitting it. Nothing to do with Bush, went on before him and it’ll go on after him.

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:24:03 +0000

I am not surprised that the Bush administration tortures – but I am surprised and disappointed that it is not considered a big fucking deal.

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:22:34 +0000

Iâ€™m somewhat surprised at all of the spotlight on waterboarding

While Bush has said that they use “enhanced” interrogation techniques, the administration was never explicit about what techniques they actually used, but assured that they do not torture.

Until now, that is. In the wikipedia article about waterboarding, it says:

Although waterboarding can be performed in ways that leave no lasting physical damage, it carries the risks of extreme pain, damage to the lungs, brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation, injuries (including broken bones) due to struggling against restraints, and even death. The psychological effects on victims of waterboarding can last for years after the procedure

Disgraceful.

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:10:56 +0000

I’m somewhat surprised at all of the spotlight on waterboarding; granted, it’s an effed up and scary torture tactic, but aren’t all the other tactics just as bad? And there’s a body of documentation detailing CIA torture as evidence that torture is indeed used. The Bush administration has admitted in the past that it uses “interrogation techniques…”

By: Bert Preast

Bert Preast — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:23:59 +0000

They actually admitted it on Tuesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7229169.stm

Though that was an even better day for burying bad news

By: Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:54:50 +0000

It also means Bush lied when he said the US does not torture. Business as usual.