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dsnail Donating Member (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 05:36 PM
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"Sex-Up" Tactics At Gitmo?
It gets weirder and weirder...

'Sex-Up' Tactics At Gitmo?
Soldier Describes Alleged Treatment Of Detainees
CBS News
May 2, 2005

The story that Sgt. Erik Saar, a soldier who spent three months in the interrogation rooms at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, paints a picture of bizarre, even sadistic, treatment of detainees in the American prison camp for Correspondent Scott Pelley.

Experts in intelligence tell 60 Minutes that if what Saar says is true, some soldiers at Guantanamo have undermined the war on terror, bungling the interrogation of important prisoners.

60 Minutes also reveals previously secret emails from FBI agents at Guantanamo that warn FBI headquarters that prisoners are being tortured.

"I think the harm we are doing there far outweighs the good, and I believe it's inconsistent with American values," says Saar. "In fact, I think it's fair to say that it’s the moral antithesis of what we want to stand for as a country." ....
http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/topstories_story_121185703.html

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dxdem Donating Member (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-05 05:39 PM
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1. I'm just praying for
the day that this becomes news, and we punish the people responsible for this.
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