Terror suspect was offered 15 mins of sex for spying - court

[acmavm]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=9002719

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11.12.04


CANBERRA - An Australian terror suspect was offered the services of a prostitute by the US military if he agreed to spy on other detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba, according to court documents.

In an affidavit unsealed by a US District Court and seen by Reuters on Friday, David Hicks, a 29-year-old convert to Islam, said he was also beaten while blindfolded and handcuffed, threatened with weapons and had his head rammed into asphalt.

Hicks was arrested in Afghanistan in late 2001 and was among the first small group of Guantanamo Bay detainees to be charged. He has pleaded not guilty to aiding the enemy, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit war crimes.

"Interrogators once offered me the services of a prostitute for 15 minutes if I would spy on other detainees. I refused," Hicks said in the affidavit, which is dated Aug. 5 and witnessed by his US military lawyer Major Michael Mori.

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[Pale_Rider]

1. Moral values ...

... again determine policy.

[Yuugal]

2. take a tip from Joe, he learned the hard way......

"""An Australian terror suspect was offered the services of a prostitute by the US military if he agreed to spy on other detainees ...."


'All government sponsored recreational services are clean and efficient.........bzzzzz.... your place or mine?.....bzzzzzz ......your place or mine?... bzzzzz..... your place or mine?'

Was Zappa right?

[benburch]

3. Zappa was ALWAYS right. nt

[rman]

4. the three most powerfull drugs: money, power and sex

DemocracyNow!
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/09/1526251&mode=thread&tid=25
(video, audio, transcript)

"We speak with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then take over their economies. John Perkins describes himself as a former economic hit man - a highly paid professional who cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars."

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"...I think my story really shows how this system and these powerful drugs of sex, money and power can seduce people, because I certainly was seduced."

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[dkofos]

6. I will look forward to reading this mans obituary.

I am glad he finally had a change of heart and wrote the book.

Should make for interesting reading!

:puke:

[Nordic]

5. I'd've refused, too. I'd want at least an hour

15 minutes? HA!